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Memphis oenomais
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Memphis oenomais

Memphis oenomais is a species of leafwing found in South America (Mexico, Costa Rica, Belize, Panama, Bolivia, Peru, Brazil and Guyana).

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Memphis oenomais is a butterfly with forewings with a humped costal edge, a pointed hooked apex, a concave outer edge near the apex, a pointed internal angle in a hook, a concave inner edge and hind wings each with a club-shaped tail. The upper side of the wings is more or less dark brown with a broad basal metallic blue suffusion. The reverse side is yellow ochre to orange ochre, shiny, and simulates a dead leaf.

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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 258125.