Memphis pseudiphis is a butterfly with forewings with a humped costal edge, pointed apex, concave outer edge near the apex, hook-like inner angle, concave inner edge and hind wings each with a tail.The upper part is more or less dark blue with a lighterblue basal part.The reverse is shiny ochre and mimics a dead leaf. Seitz It is a large butterfly with long tails and a very much falciformly protracted inner angle of the forewings, the apical part of which exhibitsbrightblue spots being, however, not continued along the distal margin. Beneath the light small scales are arranged to a narrowmarginalband and an oblique linecutting off the part of the inner angle.