Memphis (butterfly)

Genus of butterflies

Memphis

Memphis moruus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Insecta
Order:  | Lepidoptera
Family:  | Nymphalidae
Subfamily:  | Charaxinae
Tribe:  | Anaeini
Genus:  | Memphis
Hübner, [1819][1]
Species

Many, see text

Synonyms

* Corycia Hübner, [1825][1]
* Cymatogramma Doubleday, [1849]
* Cymatogramma Westwood, [1850]
* Rydonia Salazar & Constantino, 2001
* Annagrapha Salazar & Constantino, 2001
* Anaea

Memphis, described by Jacob Hübner in 1819, is a Neotropical nymphalid butterfly genus in the subfamily Charaxinae.

There are 61 species in the genus.[2] All are Neotropical and the undersides of the wings closely resemble dead leaves. In the past Memphis was considered a subgenus of Anaea.

## Species

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Listed alphabetically within groups:[1]

Species group pasibula:

* Memphis pasibula (Doubleday, [1849])
* Memphis falcata (Hopffer, 1874)

Species group aureola:

* Memphis anna (Staudinger, 1897)
* Memphis aureola (Bates, 1866)
* Memphis dia (Godman & Salvin, [1884])
* Memphis polyxo (H. Druce, 1874)

Species group verticordia:

* Memphis artacaena (Hewitson, 1869) – white-patched leafwing[3]
* Memphis perenna (Godman & Salvin, [1884]) – big-spotted leafwing[3]
* ?Memphis pleione (Godart, 1819)
* Memphis verticordia (Hübner, 1824)

Species group arginussa:

* Memphis arginussa (Geyer, 1832) – mottled leafwing[3]
* Memphis herbacea (Butler & H. Druce, 1872) – scarce leafwing[3]
* Memphis lemnos (H. Druce, 1877)
* Memphis pithyusa (R. Felder, 1869) – blue leafwing, pale-spotted leafwing[3]

Species group hedemanni:

* Memphis acaudata (Röber, 1916)
* Memphis hedemanni (R. Felder, 1869) – double-banded leafwing[3]
* Memphis praxias (Hopffer, 1874)

Species group glauce:

* Memphis glauce (C. Felder & R. Felder, 1862)

Species group appias:

* Memphis appias (Hübner, [1825])
* Memphis xenippa (Hall, 1935)
* Memphis xenocles (Westwood, 1850) – corner-spotted leafwing[3]

Species group polycarmes:

* Memphis ambrosia (H. Druce, 1874)
* Memphis anassa (C. Felder & R. Felder, 1862)
* Memphis aulica (Röber, 1916)
* Memphis basilia (Stoll, [1780])
* Memphis cleomestra (Hewitson, 1869)
* Memphis forreri (Godman & Salvin, [1884]) – Guatemalan leafwing[3]
* Memphis grandis (H. Druce, 1877)
* Memphis laura (H. Druce, 1877)
* Memphis lineata (Salvin, 1869)
* Memphis lyceus (H. Druce, 1877)
* Memphis mora (H. Druce, 1874)
* Memphis nenia (H. Druce, 1877)
* Memphis offa (H. Druce, 1877)
* Memphis phantes (Hopffer, 1874)
* Memphis polycarmes (Fabricius, 1775)
* Memphis proserpina (Salvin, 1869) – great leafwing[3]

Species group moruus:

* Memphis moruus (Fabricius, 1775) – laurel leafwing[3]
* Memphis oenomais (Boisduval, 1870) – Boisduval's leafwing[3]
* Memphis philumena (Doubleday, [1849]) – orange-striped leafwing[3]

Species group eribotes:

* Memphis acidalia (Hübner, [1819])
* Memphis beatrix (H. Druce, 1874)
* Memphis catinka (H. Druce, 1877)
* Memphis hirta (Weymer, 1907)
* Memphis laertes (Cramer, [1775])
* Memphis leonida (Stoll, [1782])
* Memphis otrere (Hübner, 1825)
* Memphis pseudiphis (Staudinger, 1887)

Species group iphis:

* Memphis alberta (H. Druce, 1876)
* Memphis boliviana (H. Druce, 1877)
* Memphis cerealia (H. Druce, 1877)
* Memphis cluvia (Hopffer, 1874)
* Memphis iphis (Latreille, [1813])
* Memphis lorna (H. Druce, 1877)
* Memphis moeris (C. Felder & R. Felder, [1867])

Ungrouped:

* Memphis eurypyle C. Felder & R. Felder, 1862 – pointed leafwing[4]
* Memphis juliani Constantino, 1999
* Memphis maria Pyrcz & Neild, 1996
* Memphis montesino Pyrcz, 1995
* Memphis neidhoeferi (Rotger, Escalante, & Coronado, 1965) – wavy-edged leafwing[3]
* Memphis salinasi Pyrcz, 1993
* Memphis viloriae Pyrcz & Neild, 1996
* Memphis wellingi (Miller & Miller, 1976)

## Gallery

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* Memphis glauce

* *Memphis moruus

* Memphis phantes \- MHNT

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## References

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1. ^ a b c *Savela, Markku (April 7, 2019). "Memphis Hübner, [1819]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 9, 2020.
2. ^ Lamas, G. (2004). Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera.
3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Glassberg, Jeffrey. (2007). A Swift Guide to Butterflies of Mexico and Central America. Sunstreak Books Inc. pp.124-127.
4. ^ Lotts, Kelly & Naberhaus, Thomas (2017). "Pointed Leafwing Memphis eurypyle C. & R. Felder, 1862". Butterflies and Moths of North America. Retrieved January 9, 2020.

## External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Memphis (Nymphalidae).

* Data related to Memphis at Wikispecies
* TOL
* images representing Memphis, at EoL
* BOA Photographs of type specimens.
* Pteron Images. In Japanese but binomial names. Two pages.
* "Taxonomy Browser: Memphis". Barcode of Life Data System (BOLD). Retrieved January 9, 2020. Includes images.

Taxon identifiers

Memphis|

* Wikidata: Q2708101
* Wikispecies: Memphis
* BioLib: 324033
* BOLD: 3636
* BugGuide: 96706
* ButMoth: 17557.0
* CoL: 92F99
* EoL: 19988
* GBIF: 1912473
* iNaturalist: 133732
* Insecta.pro: 14094
* IRMNG: 1113356
* ITIS: 777618
* LepIndex: 165653
* NCBI: 127271
* Open Tree of Life: 905799

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