Memphis proserpina

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

Last updated August 10, 2025

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

↑ Salvin, O. 1869 Description of new species of butterflies from tropical America Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (4)
↑
- Savela, Markku (April 7, 2019). "Memphis Hübner, [1819]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved July 13, 2025.
↑ Godman, F.D. & Salvin, O., 1897 Descriptions of New Species of Central and South American Rhopalocera Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1897 (2) : 241-248
↑ 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
↑ Comstock, W. P. 1961. Butterflies of the American Tropics: the genus Anaea. Lepidop tera, 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
↑ 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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[1] Salvin, O. 1869 Description of new species of butterflies from tropical America Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (4)

[funet-2] 
Savela, Markku (April 7, 2019). "Memphis Hübner, [1819]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved July 13, 2025.

[mwQA] 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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Memphis proserpina

Contents

Subspecies

Description

References