Biology:Memphis moeris
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Short description: Species of butterfly
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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. moeris
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| Binomial name | |
| Memphis moeris (C. Felder & R. Felder, [1867])
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Memphis moeris is a species of leafwing found in South America. It is endemic to Colombia[1]
Memphis moeris is a butterfly with forewings with a humped costal edge, pointed apex, a concave outer edge near the apex, hooked inner angle and very concave inner edge, and hind wings each with a club-like tail.The upper part is dark blue, almost black, with a metallic blue basal part.Seitz A. moeris Feldr. (119) from Colombia is conspicuously marked in intense green. The hindwings have very long tails, and the inner angle of the forewings forms a pointed sickle. Whether it is a proper species or a form of morvus, we cannot decide.[2][3] [4]
References
- ↑ Savela, Markku (April 7, 2019). "Memphis Hübner, [1819"]. https://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/nymphalidae/charaxinae/memphis/. 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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Wikidata ☰ Q3305607 entry
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