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Memphis philumena
Memphis philumena is a species of leafwing butterfly found in Central and South America (Mexico, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Bolivia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil, and Guyana).
From the article Memphis philumena on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
Memphis philumena has a wingspan of 55 mm to 60 mm. The forewings have a humped costal edge, angular apex, hook-like inner angle, and very concave inner edge. Each hindwing bears a tail. The upper part of the male is very dark, almost black with a metallic blue basal part. In females, the forewing is barred by a broad orange band that separates the apex, and the costal edge of the hindwing is marked with orange. The underside is shiny brown and simulates a dead leaf. The under surface of the male resembles entirely that of ates.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 133734.