Memphis herbacea is a species of leafwing found in South America (Mexico and Costa Rica).*
Memphis herbacea is a butterfly with forewings with a humped costal edge, slightly concave outer edge, very concave inner edge. The upper part is dark blue or dark brown with a broad metallic turquoise blue basal part and two white or light blue spots on the forewings near the apex. The underside is brown covered with pearly white and simulates a dead leaf.Seitz- The basal part of all the wings is green and less extensive; except a green subapical spot and 3 white dots at the distal margin of the hindwings, the upper surface has no marking. The under surface essentially corresponds with glauce. Comstock, W. P.1961. Butterflies of the American Tropics: the genus Anaea. Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae. New York: Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 214pp,30pl. D'Abrera, B. 1988. Butterflies of the Neotropical Region, Nymphalidae, Satyridae. Victoria: Hill House. Pp. 680-723.; present in Mexico, Guatemala, and Panama. Julius Rober ANAEA in Seitz.A. Band 5: Abt. 2, Die exotischen Großschmetterlinge, Die Großschmetterlinge des amerikanischen Faunengebietes, 1907 580 et seq.
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