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Spot-banded Daggerwing

Marpesia merops

Photo by Dan Doucette
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Field Notes

Description:

large, tailed butterfly, ventral view in photo 3

Habitat:

pacific coast rainforest

Notes:

One of the most amazing butterflies I spotted in San Cipriano forest reserve. I chased this butterfly around for a while to get these shots.

Species ID Suggestions

Spot-banded Daggerwing

Marpesia merops

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Reza Hashemizadeh
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Comments (4)
Dan Doucette
Thanks Reza, looks like it to me. I'm guessing bayucca was the second to + for the ID suggestion.

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PublishedApril 2, 2013

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