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Memphis perenna

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.

Subspecies

  • Memphis perenna perenna Guatemala.
  • Memphis perenna austrina (Comstock, 1961) Colombia and Venezuela.
  • Memphis perenna lankesteri (Hall, 1935) Costa Rica.

It is also present in Mexico and Salvador.

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