Memphis praxias
| Memphis praxias | |
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| Specimen from Rio Zongo, Bolivia | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Tribe: | Anaeini |
| Genus: | Memphis |
| Species: | M. praxias
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| Binomial name | |
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Memphis praxias is a species of leafwing found in South America (Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia).[2]
Memphis praxias is a butterfly with forewings with a humped costal edge, pointed apex, concave outer edge. The upper part is navy blue, almost black, with a metallic blue basal part. The underside is brown mottled with grey and simulates a dead leaf. It is somewhat larger than Memphis glauce with the same colouring, but only one plain little apical spot of the forewings below which there is sometimes another small blue spot parted by a vein, before the middle of the distal margin. Hindwing without tail or tooth.[3] [4][5]
References
- ^ Hopffer, C.H 1874 Neue Lepidopteren von Peru und Bolivia Stettin ent. Ztg 35 (10-12) : 329-371
- ^ *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.
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- ^ 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.