Memphis xenippa
| Memphis xenippa | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Tribe: | Anaeini |
| Genus: | Memphis |
| Species: | M. xenippa |
| Binomial name | |
| Memphis xenippa (Hall, 1935)[1] | |
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Memphis xenippa is a species of leafwing found in South America. It is endemic to Colombia.[2]
Memphis xenippa is a butterfly with forewings with a humped costal edge, a slightly concave outer edge and hind wings each with a tail. The upper side is black with an ornamentation of blue spots, in a marginal line on the hind wings, in a line of five large blue spots from the costal margin to the outer edge and then to the inner corner. The reverse is brown with silver mottles.
References
- ^ Hall, A. (1935) New forms of Nymphalinae and Ithomiinae. Entomologist, 68, 221–227.
- ^ *Savela, Markku (April 7, 2019). "Memphis Hübner, [1819]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved July 13, 2025.