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Species Memphis forreri - Guatemalan Leafwing - Hodges#4556.2

Guatemalan Leafwing - Memphis forreri Guatemalan Leafwing - Memphis forreri
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Papilionoidea (Butterflies and Skippers)
Family Nymphalidae (Brush-footed Butterflies)
Subfamily Charaxinae (Leafwings and relatives)
Tribe Anaeini (Leafwings)
Genus Memphis (Leafwings)
Species forreri (Guatemalan Leafwing - Hodges#4556.2)
Hodges Number
4556.2
Other Common Names
Forrer's Leafwing (BOA)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Memphis forreri (Godman & Salvin)
Orig. Comb: Anaea forreri Godman & Salvin, [1884]
Range
southmost TX (Starr & Hidalgo Cos) (as a stray) to Costa Rica - Map (MPG, BOA)
Remarks
First U.S. Record: Falcon Heights, Starr Co., Texas - 2007 (Bordelon, 2008)
Print References
Bordelon, C. 2008. 2007 Season Summary: Zone 6 Texas. News of the Lepidopterists' Society 50(supplement S1): 91.
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group - MPG
Butterflies of America - BOA
NABA-South Texas - NABA
Contributed by Mike Quinn on 31 December, 2017 - 12:59pm
Last updated 28 November, 2020 - 4:47pm

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