Marpesia petreus
| Ruddy daggerwing | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Marpesia |
| Species: | M. petreus |
| Binomial name | |
| Marpesia petreus (Cramer, 1776) | |
Marpesia petreus, the ruddy daggerwing, is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Brazil north through Central America, Mexico, and the West Indies to southern Florida. Strays are found as far north as Arizona, Colorado, Nebraska, Kansas, and southern Texas.[1]
The larvae feed on Ficus carica, Ficus pumila, and Ficus citrifolia. [2]
References
- ^ Opler, Paul A.; Harry Pavulaan; Ray E. Stanford; Michael Pogue; coordinators (2006). "Marpesia petreus". Big Sky Institute. Archived from the original on 2009-02-08. Retrieved 2009-03-09.
- ^ a b "NatureServe Explorer 2.0". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 2022-02-20.