Description Marpesia furcula (syn. Marpesia iole). Location: Costa Rica - Osa
Date 16 January 2009
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Author Frank van de Putte http://observado.org/user/photos/21030 at http://observado.org, a global biodiversity recording project.
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Marpesia furcula, the sunset daggerwing or glossy daggerwing, is a species of butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Centra and South America, from Nicaragua to Bolivia and Argentina. The habitat consists of evergreen rainforests at altitudes up to 1,400 meters. There are two distinct forms, the orange form oechalia and the form iole which has an intense iridescent purple sheen overlaying the golden-orange basal area. Order: Lepidoptera, Family: Nymphalidae, Genus: Marpesia, Species: Marpesia furcula (Fabricius, 1793).
Synonyms:
Papilio furcula Fabricius, 1793
Papilio iole Drury, 1782
Papilio jole Stoll, 1790 (preocc. Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
Marpesia zosteria Hübner, [1819]
Timetes furcula oechalia Westwood, 1850
Timetes hermione C. & R. Felder, 1861
Timetes heraldicus Bates, 1865
Timetes funestis Butler, 1869
Megalura iole argentina Martin, [1923]
Megalura hermione peruura Bryk, 1953