Memphis nenia

Memphis nenia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Memphis
Species:	M. nenia
Binomial name
	Memphis nenia; (Druce, 1877)

Memphis nenia is a species of leafwing found in South America (Colombia and Brazil).^[2]

Subspecies

Memphis nenia nenia
Memphis nenia threnodion (Bargmann, 1929)

Description

Memphis nenia is a butterfly with forewings with a humped costal edge, pointed apex, slightly concave outer edge, hook-like inner angle and very concave inner edge. The upper part is dark brown almost black. The underside is dark brown, with very little white dotted and simulates a dead leaf.Seitz - A. nenia Druce (120 Ca) from the Upper Amazon (Sao Paulo) has another shape of the wings (a less sinuous inner margin of the forewings), and the under surface differs considerably from that of odilia, being dull dusty-grey, irrorated in white, with a darker median band and marginal band the latter of which exhibits on the hindwing light clouded spots.^[3] ^[4] ^[5]

References

^ Druce, H. 1877 A revision of the lepidopterous genus Paphia Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1877 (3) : 632-652, pl. 61-64
^ *Savela, Markku (April 7, 2019). "Memphis Hübner, [1819]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved July 13, 2025.
^ Röber, J. "ANAEA". In Seitz, Adalbert (ed.). The Macrolepidoptera of the world. Stuttgart: Fritz Lehmann Verlag. p. 586. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
^ D'Abrera, B. 1988. Butterflies of the Neotropical Region, Nymphalidae, Satyridae. Victoria: Hill House. Pp. 680-723.; present in Mexico, Guatemala, and Panama.
^ 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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[1] Druce, H. 1877 A revision of the lepidopterous genus Paphia Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1877 (3) : 632-652, pl. 61-64

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

[3] Röber, J. "ANAEA". In Seitz, Adalbert (ed.). The Macrolepidoptera of the world. Stuttgart: Fritz Lehmann Verlag. p. 586. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

[4] D'Abrera, B. 1988. Butterflies of the Neotropical Region, Nymphalidae, Satyridae. Victoria: Hill House. Pp. 680-723.; present in Mexico, Guatemala, and Panama.

[5] 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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