Memphis ambrosia
| Memphis ambrosia | |
|---|---|
_(4368805395).jpg)
| |
Scientific classification 
| |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Tribe: | Anaeini |
| Genus: | Memphis |
| Species: | M. ambrosia
|
| Binomial name | |
| Memphis ambrosia | |
Memphis ambrosia is a species of leafwing found in South America.[2]
Subspecies
- Memphis ambrosia ambrosia; present in Costa Rica and Panama.
- Memphis ambrosia phoebe (Druce, 1877); present in Bolivia, Peru, and Ecuador.
Description
Memphis ambrosia is a butterfly with forewings with a humped costal edge, angular apex, almost straight outer edge, hook-like inner angle and very concave inner edge. The upper side is brown with a more or less metallic blue and a group of light blue spots near the apex on the forewings. The reverse is orange with metallic reflections and simulates a dead leaf.
Seitz: "The male has on the hindwings bright metallic marginal spots standing between the chief veins, on the so-called intermediate veins."[3] [4] [5]
References
- ^ Druce, H. 1874 Descriptions of new species of diurnal Lepidoptera chiefly from tropical America Cistula ent. 1 (10) : 285-290
- ^ *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.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ D'Abrera, B. 1988. Butterflies of the Neotropical Region, Nymphalidae, Satyridae. Victoria: Hill House. Pp. 680-723.; present in Mexico, Guatemala, and Panama.
- ^ Comstock, W. P.1961. Butterflies of the American Tropics: the genus Anaea. Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae. New York: Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 214pp,30pl.