Many-banded daggerwing
Marpesia chiron
The many-banded daggerwing is a butterfly from the warm parts of the Americas. Daggerwings have long, pointed tails on their back wings, like little daggers. As its name says, this one has many bands across its wings.
Lives in
Central America, South America and the south of North America
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. It cannot bite or sting.
What does it eat?
Not much is written about what it eats. Like most butterflies, the grown-ups drink sweet juices.
How fast is it?
A person walking about 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
A kid running fast about 13 km/h (8.1 mph)
Many-banded daggerwing about 15 km/h (9.3 mph)
A grown-up on a bike about 25 km/h (16 mph)
cool stuff
Fun facts
1
It is a daggerwing, a close cousin of the map butterflies.
2
Scientists split it into two slightly different kinds, called subspecies.
3
It lives in three parts of the Americas: North, Central and South America.
you asked
Most asked questions about Many-banded daggerwing
?Is the many-banded daggerwing dangerous?
No. It is a butterfly and cannot bite or sting.
?Why is it called a daggerwing?
Because its back wings end in long pointed tails that look like little daggers.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Marpesia chiron
- Group
- Butterflies
- Family
- Nymphalidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Nymphalidae
- Lives on
- North America, South America
Where the facts come from
- Marpesia chiron (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE. CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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