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Marpesia chiron (Daggerwing)

Synonyms: Megalura chiron (heterotypic); Megalura chironias; Megalura chironides; Megalura cinna (heterotypic); Megalura marius

Infraspecies

Marpesia chiron chiron
Marpesia chiron insularis

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  .144 grams
Speed [1]  10.29 MPH (4.6 m/s)

Prey / Diet

Consumers

Pollinator of 
Dendropanax arboreus (angelica tree)[3]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1FLIGHT PHYSIOLOGY OF NEOTROPICAL BUTTERFLIES: ALLOMETRY OF AIRSPEEDS DURING NATURAL FREE FLIGHT, ROBERT DUDLEY AND ROBERT B. SRYGLEY, J. exp. Biol. 191, 125–139 (1994)
♦ 2HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
♦ 3Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0