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Glossy Daggerwing

Marpesia furcula

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Bayucca...this one I am truly having trouble with. I had to shoot this from across a river with a 200mm lens. I believe it to be a Leptocircini, Eurytides but cannot figure out the species...

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Glossy Daggerwing

Marpesia furcula

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Comments (3)
bayucca
It is the Central American type of Marpesia iole, now called Marpesia furcula.
auntnance123
http://neotropicalbutterflies.com/Site%20Revision/Pages/Nymphalidae_Pages/Biblidini/Biblidini_Pages/Marpesia_furcula_furcula.html Just guessing.

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PublishedMarch 20, 2012

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