Memphis lineata

Memphis lineata is a species of leafwing found in South America (Colombia, Bolivia, Ecuador, Brazil and Peru).

Memphis lineata is a butterfly with a wingspan of about 58 mm, with forewings with a humped costal edge, pointed apex, concave outer edge near the apex, hooked inner angle and concave inner edge. Each hindwing has a tail that is sometimes very minimal. The upper part of the male is slate blue with a slate blue basal part on the forewings and the majority of the wing almost black with a few blue spots near the apex and the slate blue hindwings with the dark grey apex. Females are light brown with a purple basal suffusion. The reverse side is golden beige to greyish-brown and simulates a dead leaf. Seitz- a species of very different sexes. The upper surface of the female resembles that of a schausiana (120 C a), but it has a fainter blue decoration, especially on the hindwing and the apical part of the forewing is without spots. The under surface is marked like in