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Orange Daggerwing

Marpesia berania

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Costa Rica.January 58, February 51, March 20, April 15, May 9, June 17, July 21, August 5, September 9, October 7, November 11, December 21.
Costa Rica244
Colombia207
Provincia Puntarenas155
Ecuador130
Magdalena75
Peru72
Panama45
Madre de Dios42
Pichincha30
Bolivia27

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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