Memphis anassa
| Memphis anassa | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Tribe: | Anaeini |
| Genus: | Memphis |
| Species: | M. anassa
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| Binomial name | |
| Memphis anassa (Felder, C. & Felder, R.)
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Memphis anassa is a species of leafwing found in South America (Colombia, Ecuador, Brazil, and Peru).[1]
Memphis annassa is a butterfly with a wingspan of 55 mm to 60 mm, with forewings with a pointed apex, a concave outer edge near the apex, a hooked inner angle and a very concave inner edge. The upper side is almost black with a metallic blue border, submarginal on the forewings, marginal on the hindwings. The reverse side is beige with silver and simulates a dead leaf. Aulica subsp. nov. [Rober] [now species Memphis aulica (Röber, 1916) Costa Rica, Panama] from Chiriqui is smaller, has broader and more coherent blue marking on the forewings; the margin of the hindwings is more greenish and proximally more sharply defined. The under surface is darker without any rust-brown marking at the inner angle, it is more profusely scaled in whitish and the brown bands on the hindwings are absent.[2]
References
- ^ *Savela, Markku (April 7, 2019). "Memphis Hübner, [1819]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved July 13, 2025.
- ^ Röber, J. "ANAEA". In Seitz, Adalbert (ed.). The Macrolepidoptera of the world. Stuttgart: Fritz Lehmann Verlag. p. 586.
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