Memphis perenna
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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. perenna
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Memphis perenna is a species of leafwing found in South America.
Memphis perenna is a butterfly with forewings with a humped costal edge, concave outer edge, hooked inner angle and concave inner edge. Each hindwing bears a tail. The east upper side of the forewings is navy blue with a submarginal line of large metallic blue spots, the upper side of the hindwings is brown with a submarginal line of small metallic blue spots. The reverse side is brown with metallic reflections and simulates a dead leaf. Seitz -differs from all the species of this group by the blue marginal marking of the hindwings. [2] [3] [4]
Subspecies
- Memphis perenna perenna Guatemala.
- Memphis perenna austrina (Comstock, 1961) Colombia and Venezuela.
- Memphis perenna lankesteri (Hall, 1935) [5] Costa Rica.
It is also present in Mexico and Salvador.[6]
References
- ^ F. Godman & Salvin, O [1884] Biologia Centrali-Americana. Rhopalocera. Vol. 1. [London Published for the editors by R. H. Porter]
- ^ 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.
- ^ Hall, A. 1935 New forms of Nymphalinae and Ithomiinae Entomologist 68 : 221-227
- ^ *Savela, Markku (April 7, 2019). "Memphis Hübner, [1819]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved July 13, 2025.