Memphis beatrix is a species of leafwing found in South America (Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia and Ecuador).*
Subspecies Memphis beatrix pseudiphis Staudinger, 1887. Considered by some to be a species Memphis pseudiphis.
Description Memphis beatrix is a butterfly with a wingspan of about 50 mm, with forewings with a humped costal edge, angular apex, almost straight outer edge, hook-like inner angle and very concave inner edge. Each hindwing bears a tail. The upper part is navy blue, almost black, with a more or less important metallic blue basal part and decorated on the forewings with a few blue spots near the apex. The underside is dark grey with metallic reflections and simulates a dead leaf.Seitz- A. beatrix Druce (120 C b) from Chiriqui is an imposing species. The female is beneath much greyer than the male. Seems not to be rare.. D'Abrera, B. 1988. Butterflies of the Neotropical Region, Nymphalidae, Satyridae. Victoria: Hill House. Pp. 680-723.; present in Mexico, Guatemala, and Panama. Comstock, W. P.1961. Butterflies of the American Tropics: the genus Anaea. Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae. New York: Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 214pp,30pl.
Biology The host plants of its caterpillar are Piper.
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