Memphis falcata
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| Memphis falcata | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Memphis |
| Species: | M. falcata |
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| Memphis falcata | |
Memphis falcata is a species of leafwing found in Peru.[2]
Memphis falcata is a butterfly with forewings with a humped costal edge, hook-like apex, concave outer edge and very concave inner edge. The upper part is brown with a metallic light blue postdiscal stripe. The underside is beige yellow and simulates a dead leaf.is the sole Anaea [Memphis] with a blue median band of the males. Most of the specimens have on the under surface of the hindwings a short straight band not like the figured specimen in which there is a distal continuation of this band. — The species. is very rare. [3] [4] [5]
