Memphis laertes
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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. laertes
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| Memphis laertes (Cramer, 1775)
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Memphis laertes is a species of leafwing found in South America. (Trinidad and Tobago, Brazil, Suriname, and Guyana).[1] Memphis laertes is a butterfly with forewings with a humped costal edge, hooked inner angle, concave inner edge and hind wings each with a tail.The upper side of the wings is very dark brown with a more or less important metallic blue basal part and in the female a white preapical spot on the forewings.The reverse is bright yellow ochre, and simulates a dead leaf.
References
[edit]- ^ *Savela, Markku (April 7, 2019). "Memphis Hübner, [1819]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved July 13, 2025.
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