Memphis verticordia

Memphis verticordia
ssp. dominicana and echebus depicted in Seitz Macrolepidoptera of the World d
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Memphis
Species:
M. verticordia
Binomial name
Memphis verticordia
(Hubner, 1824) [1]

Memphis verticordia is a species of leafwing found in South America.

It is present in:

  • Haiti - Memphis verticordia verticordia
  • Bahamas - Memphis verticordia bahamae (Witt, 1972) [2]
  • Bahamas - Memphis verticordia mayaguanae (Miller, Simon & Harvey, 1992)
  • Cayman Islands - Memphis verticordia danieliana (Witt, 1972)
  • Dominican Republic - Memphis verticordia dominicana (Godman & Salvin, 1884) [3]
  • Cuba - Memphis verticordia echemus (Doubleday, [1849]) [4] remarkable for its colour of the upper surface, the black distal part of which, on the forewing, gradually changes into the fiery red basal part, and for the marking of the under surface
  • Saint Lucia and Martinique - Memphis verticordia luciana (Hall, 1929) [5]

Memphis verticordia is a butterfly with forewings with a humped costal edge and hindwings with a pointed tail. The outer margins of the forewings and hindwings are inconspicuously scalloped. The upper side is orange to brown depending on the subspecies, with the apex on the forewings and the brown submarginal area decorated with large yellow spots. The reverse side is mottled with brown and pearly white and simulates a dead leaf.Seitz- According to Godman and Salvin it differs from dominicana G. and S. (118 d) from the Island of Dominica chiefly by the absence of the yellow spots near the inner angle of the forewings. Both are, therefore, presumably forms of one and the same species. [6] [7] [8]


References

  1. ^ Hubner, J. Sammlung exotischer Schmetterlinge["Collection of exotic butterflies"] (2 vols.), Augsburg
  2. ^ Witt, T.J. 1972. Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Gattung Anaea Hübner (1819)(Lep. Nymphalidae). Mitteilungen der Münchner Entomologischen Gesellschaft 62: 163–183 pdf Zobodat
  3. ^ F. Godman & Salvin, O [1884] Biologia Centrali-Americana. Rhopalocera. Vol. 1. [London Published for the editors by R. H. Porter]
  4. ^ Doubleday, E. [1849] The genera of diurnal Lepidoptera, comprising their generic characters, a notice of their habitats and transformations, and a catalogue of the species of each genus; illustrated with 86 plates by W. C. Hewitson Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans
  5. ^ *Savela, Markku (April 7, 2019). "Memphis Hübner, [1819]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved July 13, 2025.
  6. ^ Röber, J. "ANAEA". In Seitz, Adalbert (ed.). The Macrolepidoptera of the world. Stuttgart: Fritz Lehmann Verlag. p. 586. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  7. ^ D'Abrera, B. 1988. Butterflies of the Neotropical Region, Nymphalidae, Satyridae. Victoria: Hill House. Pp. 680-723.; present in Mexico, Guatemala, and Panama.
  8. ^ Comstock, W. P.1961. Butterflies of the American Tropics: the genus Anaea. Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae. New York: Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 214pp,30pl.


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