Memphis laertes

Memphis laertes
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Tribe: Anaeini
Genus: Memphis
Species:
M. laertes
Binomial name
Memphis laertes
(Cramer, 1775)
Synonyms
  • Papilio laertes' Cramer, [1775]
  • Papilio eribotes Fabricius, 1775
  • Anaea laërtias Hübner, [1819]
  • Nymphalis laertia Godart, [1824]
  • Anaea eribotes halli Kaye, 1914
  • Anaea testacea Röber, 1916.

Memphis laertes is a species of leafwing found in South America (Trinidad and Tobago, Brazil, Suriname, and Guyana).[1]

Memphis laertes is a butterfly with forewings with a humped costal edge, hooked inner angle, concave inner edge and hind wings each with a tail. The upper side of the wings is very dark brown with a more or less important metallic blue basal part and in the female a white preapical spot on the forewings. The reverse is bright yellow ochre, and simulates a dead leaf. testacea Röber a junior synonym of laertes has on the basal part of all the wings the same violet reflection as porphyrio, from which, however, it differs greatly beneath: the under surface is buff with small brownish and blackish spots; the centre of the hindwings is traversed by a very hazy brownish band; the distal margin is brownish, hazy, from the inner angle to the tail there stand black small spots bordered by a broad whitish one. [2][3][4]

Taxonomy

laertes may be a synonym of Memphis moruus.[5]

References

  1. ^ *Savela, Markku (April 7, 2019). "Memphis Hübner, [1819]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved July 13, 2025.
  2. ^ Comstock, W. P.1961. Butterflies of the American Tropics: the genus Anaea. Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae. New York: Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 214pp,30pl.
  3. ^ D'Abrera, B. 1988. Butterflies of the Neotropical Region, Nymphalidae, Satyridae. Victoria: Hill House. Pp. 680-723.; present in Mexico, Guatemala, and Panama.
  4. ^ Julius Rober ANAEA in Seitz.A. Band 5: Abt. 2, Die exotischen Großschmetterlinge, Die Großschmetterlinge des amerikanischen Faunengebietes, 1907 580 et seq. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  5. ^ Global Biodiversity Information Facility
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