Biology:Memphis polyxo
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Memphis |
| Species: | M. polyxo
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| Memphis polyxo (Druce, 1874)[1]
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Memphis polyxo is a species of leafwing found in South America. It is present in Colombia, Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru, and Brazil.
Memphis polyxo is a butterfly with a wingspan of about 58 mm, having forewings with a bulging costal edge, angular apex, and almost straight outer edge. The upper side is navy blue adorned with a metallic blue band, submarginal on the forewings and marginal on the hindwings. The underside is shiny dark brown and mimics a dead leaf.[2][3] Seitz- A. polyxo Druce (120 Da, b) from the Upper Amazon, from Colombia, Peru, Bolivia, and according to Druce also from Rio is a very attractive species with a pretty and most characteristic under surface. The specimen before us from Bolivia (Coroico, 1200 m, A. H. Fass) is beneath much lighter.[4][5][6] [7]
References
- ↑ Druce, 1874 Descriptions of new species of diurnal Lepidoptera chiefly from tropical America Cistula ent. 1 (10) : 285-290
- ↑ Butterflies of America [1]
- ↑ *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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- ↑ Witt, T.J. 1972. Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Gattung Anaea Hübner (1819)(Lep. Nymphalidae). Mitteilungen der Münchner Entomologischen Gesellschaft 62: 163–183 pdf Zobodat
Wikidata ☰ Q3305632 entry
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