Memphis anna
| Memphis anna | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Memphis |
| Species: | M. anna |
| Binomial name | |
| Memphis anna (Staudinger, 1897) | |
Memphis anna is a species of leafwing found in Colombia, Ecuador, Brazil, and Peru.[1]
Memphis anna is a butterfly with forewings with a humped costa and angular apex. The upper side is almost black with the forewings barred by an orange or red band that separates the apex. The underside is reddish-brown with a black basal part and simulates a dead leaf.A. anna Stgr. (120 Cd) is nearly allied to the preceding species [Memphis anna elina then species now subspecies], as is shown by the figures. It comes from the Upper Amazon and is known only in few specimens. The orange-yellow spot of the forewing of elina is in anna scarlet and the hindwing does not exhibit a circumscribed lustrous spot, but is covered in the disk with a duller blue reflection. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]
Subspecies
- Memphis anna anna
- Memphis anna elina Staudinger, 1897)
References
- ^ *Savela, Markku (April 7, 2019). "Memphis Hübner, [1819]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved July 13, 2025.
- ^ Röber, J. "ANAEA". In Seitz, Adalbert (ed.). The Macrolepidoptera of the world. Stuttgart: Fritz Lehmann Verlag. p. 586.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. - ^ D'Abrera, B. 1988. Butterflies of the Neotropical Region, Nymphalidae, Satyridae. Victoria: Hill House. Pp. 680-723.; present in Mexico, Guatemala, and Panama.
- ^ Comstock, W. P.1961. Butterflies of the American Tropics: the genus Anaea. Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae. New York: Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 214pp,30pl.
- ^ Staudinger,O. 1897 Deutsche Ent Zeitschrift. Iris 10:150 t5 f9
- ^ Witt, T.J. 1972. Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Gattung Anaea Hübner (1819)(Lep. Nymphalidae). Mitteilungen der Münchner Entomologischen Gesellschaft 62: 163–183 pdf Zobodat