Memphis pseudiphis
| Memphis pseudiphis | |
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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. pseudiphis
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| Binomial name | |
| Memphis pseudiphis (Staudinger, 1887)
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Memphis pseudiphis is a species of leafwing found in South America. It is endemic to Colombia. [1]
Description
Memphis pseudiphis is a butterfly with forewings with a humped costal edge, pointed apex, concave outer edge near the apex, hook-like inner angle, concave inner edge and hind wings each with a tail.The upper part is more or less dark blue with a lighter blue basal part.The reverse is shiny ochre and mimics a dead leaf. Seitz It is a large butterfly with long tails and a very much falciformly protracted inner angle of the forewings, the apical part of which exhibits bright blue spots being, however, not continued along the distal margin. Beneath the light small scales are arranged to a narrow marginal band and an oblique line cutting off the part of the inner angle.[2][3] [4]
Taxonomy
Memphis pseudiphis is considered by some to be a subspecies of Memphis beatrix, Memphis beatrix pseudiphis. It has also been regarded as a form of Memphis moruus
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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