Memphis perenna

Phylum:Arthropoda

Class:Insecta

Order:Lepidoptera

Family:Nymphalidae

Memphis perenna
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Tribe:	Anaeini
Genus:	Memphis
Species:	M. perenna
Binomial name
Memphis perenna (Godman & Salvin, [1884]) [1]

Memphis perenna is a species of leafwing found in South America.

Memphis perenna is a butterfly with forewings with a humped costal edge, concave outer edge, hooked inner angle and concave inner edge. Each hindwing bears a tail. The east upper side of the forewings is navy blue with a submarginal line of large metallic blue spots, the upper side of the hindwings is brown with a submarginal line of small metallic blue spots. The reverse side is brown with metallic reflections and simulates a dead leaf. Seitz -differs from all the species of this group by the blue marginal marking of the hindwings. ^{[2] [3] [4]}