Memphis falcata


Memphis falcata is a species of leafwing found in Peru.
Memphis falcata is a butterfly with forewings with a humped costal edge, hook-like apex, concave outer edge and very concave inner edge. The upper part is brown with a metallic light blue postdiscal stripe. The underside is beige yellow and simulates a dead leaf.is the sole Anaea with a blue median band of the males. Most of the specimens have on the under surface of the hindwings a short straight band not like the figured specimen in which there is a distal continuation of this band. — The species. is very rare.