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Spot-banded Daggerwing

Marpesia merops

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Costa Rica.January 43, February 25, March 39, April 19, May 18, June 11, July 8, August 6, September 2, October 4, November 5, December 10.
Costa Rica190
Colombia93
Provincia Puntarenas65
Provincia Heredia54
Valle del Cauca47
Ecuador35
Risaralda32
Provincia Alajuela32
Pichincha20
Provincia San José17

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • MetamorphosisUndergoes dramatic body transformation during developmentFrom its classification
  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Group and habits

  • Animal pollinatorDescends from an animal lineage whose members commonly pollinate flowers.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderButterflies and Moths · Lepidoptera
FamilyBrush-footed Butterflies · Nymphalidae
GenusDaggerwings · Marpesia

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