Memphis lorna
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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. lorna
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| Binomial name | |
| Memphis lorna (Druce, 1877)
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Memphis lorna is a species of leafwing found in South America. It is endemic to Bolivia.[1]
Description
Memphis lorna is a butterfly with forewings with a humped costal edge, pointed apex and concave outer edge. Each hindwing bears a tail. The upper side is navy blue, almost black, with a line of blue spots on the forewings near the apex and a blue-grey marginal line on the hindwings (the tails are also blue-grey). Characteristic is the broad light blue margin of the hindwing being sparsely dusted in dark. The underside is dark grey, almost black and simulates a dead leaf.[2][3][4]
References
- ^ Savela, Markku (April 7, 2019). "Memphis Hübner, [1819]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved July 13, 2025.
- ^ 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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