Memphis laura
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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. laura
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| Binomial name | |
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Memphis laura is a species of leafwing found in South America.[2]
Subspecies
- Memphis laura laura; present in Costa Rica and Colombia.
- Memphis laura balboa (Hall, 1927) [3] present in Panama.
- Memphis laura caucana (Joicey & Talbot, 1922) [4]
- Memphis laura rosae (Fassl, 1909) [5] present in Colombia.
Description
Memphis laura is a butterfly with forewings with a humped costal edge, an almost straight outer edge, an internal angle in the shape of a hook. The upper part is orange-brown with metallic blue accents. The reverse side is orange and simulates a dead leaf.Seitz- Males above intensely black with an indistinct, dull greenish tinge growing somewhat more prominent at the base of the forewing. The under surface is also chestnut-brown with silvery white scaling; before the apex of the hindwing there is a large silvery white costal spot, in front of it a light undulate band composed of silvery interspersed, small scales. [6][7] [8]
References
- ^ Druce, H. 1877 A revision of the lepidopterous genus Paphia Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1877 (3) : 632-652, pl. 61-64
- ^ *Savela, Markku (April 7, 2019). "Memphis Hübner, [1819]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved July 13, 2025.
- ^ Hall, A. 1927 Entomologist 60:149
- ^ Joicey, J. & Talbot,G. 1922 New forms of butterflies from South America Bulletin of the Hill Museum. 1 (2) : 357-358
- ^ Societas entomologica 24 Zobodat
- ^ Comstock, W. P.1961. Butterflies of the American Tropics: the genus Anaea. Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae. New York: Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 214pp,30pl.
- ^ D'Abrera, B. 1988. Butterflies of the Neotropical Region, Nymphalidae, Satyridae. Victoria: Hill House. Pp. 680-723.; present in Mexico, Guatemala, and Panama.
- ^ Julius Rober ANAEA in Seitz.A. Band 5: Abt. 2, Die exotischen Großschmetterlinge, Die Großschmetterlinge des amerikanischen Faunengebietes, 1907 580 et seq.
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