Memphis grandis
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| Memphis grandis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Tribe: | Anaeini |
| Genus: | Memphis |
| Species: | M. grandis |
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| Memphis grandis | |
Memphis grandis is a species of leafwing found in South America (Brazil and Guyana).[2]
Memphis grandis is larger than the other Memphis It is a butterfly with forewings with a humped costal edge, an almost straight outer edge, a hook-like inner angle and a very concave inner edge. Each hindwing bears a club-shaped tail. The upper part is dark blue, almost black with a metallic blue basal part, or brown with a metallic yellow-green basal part. The underside is orange-yellow, light ochre marked with dark spots in the female, and simulates a dead leaf.Seitz- Large, upper surface almost exactly as in proserpina, broad and obtuse wings, with a short broad spatulate tail of the hindwing, the blue of the basal half the hindwing light and bright. The dirty sand-coloured, yellowish-brown under surface is irregularly irrorated in a sooty colour.[3][4][5]
