Memphis verticordia
| Memphis verticordia | |
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| dominicana and echemus in Seitz Macrolepidoptera of the World. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Memphis |
| Species: | M. verticordia
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| Binomial name | |
| Memphis verticordia | |
Memphis verticordia is a species of leafwing brush-footed butterfly found in the Carribean, specifically the island of Hispanola.[1][2] However, allied forms from other Caribbean islands have been treated as additional subspecies by several authors.[3]
Description
Memphis verticordia (Hübner, 1824) is an apparently unmistakable butterfly in Haiti & the Dominican Republic, being found in a few localities only in the southwest part of the island of Hispaniola.[2] Their forewings have a humped costal edge and hindwings with a pointed tail. The outer margins of the forewings and hindwings are inconspicuously scalloped. The upper side is orange to brown depending on the subspecies, with the apex on the forewings and the brown submarginal area decorated with large yellow spots. The reverse side is mottled with brown and pearly white and simulates a dead leaf.[4] Following Godman and Salvin (1884), the Hispanolan verticordia was said to differ from dominicana (from the Island of Dominica) chiefly by the absence of the yellow spots near the inner angle of the forewings (Röber, 1916, p.583).[4] Due to their strong similarity, later authors considered them both forms the same species, alongside others.[4][5][6]
The lineage can include:
- Memphis verticordia verticordia (Hübner, 1824) – Haiti, Dominican Republic
Possibly also:
- Memphis verticordia bahamae (Witt, 1972)[7] – Bahamas
- Memphis verticordia danieliana (Witt, 1972) – Cayman Islands
- Memphis verticordia dominicana (Godman & Salvin, 1884) – Dominica[8]
- Memphis verticordia echemus (Doubleday, [1849])[9] – Cuba (allegedly also Honduras in historic reports).[10]
- Memphis verticordia luciana (Hall, 1929) – Saint Lucia and Martinique
- Memphis verticordia mayaguanae (Miller, Simon & Harvey, 1992) – Bahamas
References
- ^ a b Hübner, J. 1824 Sammlung exotischer Schmetterlinge["Collection of exotic butterflies"] (2 vols.), Augsburg
- ^ a b Racheli, T. 2019. An updated list to the Butterflies of Hispaniola, with notes on the classification of Calisto Hübner, 1823 (Lepidoptera, Hesperioidea, Papilionoidea). Neue Entomologische Nachrichten 76: 1-135, Marktleuthen. ISSN 0722-3773 PDF
- ^ Savela, Markku (April 7, 2019). "Memphis Hübner, [1819]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved July 13, 2025.
- ^ a b c Röber, Johannes (1916). "Anaea". In Seitz, Adalbert (ed.). The Macrolepidoptera of the world. Stuttgart: Fritz Lehmann Verlag. p. 586. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ D'Abrera, B. 1988. Butterflies of the Neotropical Region, Nymphalidae, Satyridae. Victoria: Hill House. Pp. 680-723.
- ^ Comstock, W. P. 1961. Butterflies of the American Tropics: the genus Anaea. Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae. New York: Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 214 pp, 30 pl.
- ^ Witt, T.J. 1972. Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Gattung Anaea Hübner (1819)(Lep. Nymphalidae). Mitteilungen der Münchner Entomologischen Gesellschaft 62: 163–183 pdf Zobodat
- ^ Godman, F.D. & Salvin, O., 1884. A List of the Rhopalocera collected by Mr. G. French Angas in the Island of Dominica. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 19(4): 314-320.
- ^ Doubleday, E. [1849]. The genera of diurnal Lepidoptera, comprising their generic characters, a notice of their habitats and transformations, and a catalogue of the species of each genus; illustrated with 86 plates by W. C. Hewitson Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans
- ^ Godman, F.D. & Salvin, O., 1884(b). Biologia Centrali-Americana. Rhopalocera. Vol. 1. London, Taylor & Francis, Published for the editors by R. H. Porter]
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