Memphis polycarmes
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| Memphis polycarmes | |
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| In Seitz's Macrolepidoptera of the World as odilia (Stoll, 1780) (junior synonym) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Tribe: | Anaeini |
| Genus: | Memphis |
| Species: | M. polycarmes |
| Binomial name | |
| Memphis polycarmes | |
Memphis polycarmes is a species of leafwing found in South America (Brazil, Peru, Guyana, Suriname).[2]
Memphis polycarmes is a butterfly with forewings with a humped costal edge, angular apex, almost straight outer edge, hook-shaped inner angle, concave inner edge and hind wings each with a club-shaped tail. The upper side of the male's wings is brown or purple more or less dark with a broad basal metallic blue suffusion, that of the female is brown with a metallic blue basal and in both the forewings and hindwings are bordered by an orange fringe. The reverse side is bright yellow ochre and simulates a dead leaf. Seitz - A. odilia Cr. (= polycarmes F.) (120 Ad, 120 Bd) is a rare species from the Upper Amazon. The. upper surface is lighter or darker, but always unmarked. The under surface exhibits more or less white scaling. The female is above greyish-brown with glossy blue scaling, except dull margins; several indistinct bluish subapical spots. Under surface light greyish-brown with a slight cloudy marking on the hindwings and small white spots at the distal margin of the hindwings.[3][4] [5]
