Memphis basilia

• Memphis basilia basilia; present in Suriname. • Memphis basilia bella (Comstock, 1961); present in Colombia. • Memphis basilia drucei (Staudinger, 1887); present in Peru. It is also found in Guyana. ==Description==

Memphis basilia is a butterfly with forewings with a humped costal edge, pointed apex, concave outer edge near the apex, concave inner edge and hind wings each with a tail. The upper side of the male's wings is dark blue with a discreet basal metallic blue suffusion and on the forewings a few blue spots near the apex, the female's is light brown with a mauve basal part (light purple). The underside is bright orange mottled with pearly white and simulates a dead leaf. ==References==