Memphis proserpina

Memphis proserpina
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Memphis
Species:
M. proserpina
Binomial name
Memphis proserpina
(Salvin, 1869)[1]

Memphis proserpina is a species of leafwing found in South America.[2]

Subspecies

  • Memphis proserpina proserpina, present in Guatemala.
  • Memphis proserpina elara (Godman & Salvin, 1897) [3] present in Costa Rica and Panama.
  • Memphis proserpina kingi (Miller & Nicolay, 1971), present in Panama.
  • Memphis proserpina schausiana (Godman & Salvin, 1894) [4], present in Mexico.

Description

Memphis proserpina is a butterfly with forewings with a humped costal edge and hooked internal angle. Each hindwing has a tail that is sometimes minimal. The upper side is navy blue with a metallic blue basal part on the forewings and a line of large metallic blue spots highlighting the apex, and on the hindwings a broad metallic blue suffusion. The underside is reddish-brown with metallic reflections and simulates a dead leaf.[5][6] [7]

References

  1. ^ Salvin, O. 1869 Description of new species of butterflies from tropical America Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (4)
  2. ^ *Savela, Markku (April 7, 2019). "Memphis Hübner, [1819]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved July 13, 2025.
  3. ^ Godman, F.D. & Salvin, O., 1897 Descriptions of New Species of Central and South American Rhopalocera Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1897 (2) : 241-248
  4. ^ Godman, F. & Salvin, O. 1894 Descriptions of new Species of Rhopalocera from Mexico and Central America Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 14 (80) : 95-98
  5. ^ Comstock, W. P. 1961. Butterflies of the American Tropics: the genus Anaea. Lepidop tera, Nymphalidae. New York: Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 214pp, 30pl.
  6. ^ D'Abrera, B. 1988. Butterflies of the Neotropical Region, Nymphalidae, Satyridae. Victoria: Hill House. Pp. 680-723
  7. ^ 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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