Marpesia furcula

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Marpesia furcula
Marpesia furcula, male

Marpesia furcula , male

Systematics
Class : Insects (Insecta)
Order : Butterflies (Lepidoptera)
Family : Noble butterfly (Nymphalidae)
Subfamily : Cyrestinae
Genre : Marpesia
Type : Marpesia furcula
Scientific name
Marpesia furcula
( Fabricius , 1793)
Wing underside

Marpesia furcula is a butterfly ( butterflies ) from the family of noble moths (Nymphalidae) that occursin Central and South America.

features

butterfly

There is a noticeable sexual dimorphism between the sexes . The upper sides of the wings in the males have a black-brown basic color. The basal region is colored orange-yellow. In some butterflies, the disk region is partially covered by a blue-violet iridescent shimmer. The females have a brownish base color, narrow dark stripes in the basal region and show no shimmer. A few small white spots stand out near the apex . The undersides of the wings, which are almost without drawings, are dark brown in the males and light brown in the females. The hind wings are provided with a pair of long tails in both sexes.

Similar species

The females of Marpesia tutelina differ by the wider stripes in the basal region.

Occurrence and habitat

The distribution area of Marpesia furcula with the subspecies Marpesia furcula oechalia and Marpesia furcula violetta extends from Nicaragua , Panama and Brazil to Peru , Ecuador , Bolivia and Argentina . The species colonizes evergreen rainforests at altitudes between sea level and 1,400 meters.

Way of life

The butterflies sometimes have mass phenomena and spectacular migrations. In August 2012, for example, in Peru the flyby of around 10,000 butterflies of different species was roughly determined within four hours, of which around half were Marpesia furcula . Further details on the species' way of life have yet to be explored.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Sunset Daggerwing, Butterflies of the Amazon and Andes
  2. ↑ Markku Savela: Tanaecia Butler, [1869] - distribution. In: Lepidoptera and some other life forms. Retrieved February 20, 2019 .

Web links

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