Memphis lyceus

Memphis lyceus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Memphis
Species:
M. lyceus
Binomial name
Memphis lyceus
(Druce, 1877) [1]

Memphis lyceus is a species of leafwing found in South America (Costa Rica, Colombia, Bolivia, and Ecuador).[2]

Memphis lyceus is a leafwing butterfly with a humped costal edge, a concave outer edge near the apex, a hook-like inner angle, and a concave inner edge. The upper part of the male is dark blue, almost black, with a metallic blue basal part. The reverse side is reddish-brown and mimics a dead leaf.Seitz - A. lyceus Druce (120 Bd) lies before us in several males from West Colombia (Cauca-Valley, and 1 pair from the Aguaca-Valley, 2000 m) and 3 females from Bolivia (Rio Songo, 750 m, A. H. Fassl), according to Druce this species occurs also in Ecuador. While in the Colombian female the violet-blue basal part occupies only scarcely the half and the subapical marking is very insignificant and blurred, the Bolivian females have a larger and greenish-blue basal part and greatly developed subapical and also some submarginal marking. Beneath these females are browner and have a much more silky gloss. We denote this form as lynceus subsp. nov. (120 Ad). [3][4] [5]

References

  1. ^ Druce, H 1877 A revision of the lepidopterous genus Paphia Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1877 (3) : 632-652
  2. ^ *Savela, Markku (April 7, 2019). "Memphis Hübner, [1819]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved July 13, 2025.
  3. ^ Comstock, W. P.1961. Butterflies of the American Tropics: the genus Anaea. Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae. New York: Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 214pp,30pl.
  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. ^ Julius Rober ANAEA in Seitz.A. Band 5: Abt. 2, Die exotischen Großschmetterlinge, Die Großschmetterlinge des amerikanischen Faunengebietes, 1907 580 et seq. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
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