Memphis moeris is a species of leafwing found in South America. It is endemic to Colombia
Memphis moeris is a butterfly with forewings with a humped costal edge, pointed apex, a concave outer edge near the apex, hooked inner angle and very concave inner edge, and hind wings each with a club-like tail.The upper part is dark blue, almost black, with a metallic blue basal part.Seitz A. moeris Feldr. (119) from Colombia is conspicuously marked in intense green. The hindwings have very long tails, and the inner angle of the forewings forms a pointed sickle. Whether it is a proper species or a form of morvus, we cannot decide.Comstock, W. P.1961. Butterflies of the American Tropics: the genus Anaea. Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae. New York: Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 214pp,30pl.D'Abrera, B. 1988. Butterflies of the Neotropical Region, Nymphalidae, Satyridae. Victoria: Hill House. Pp. 680-723.; present in Mexico, Guatemala, and Panama. Julius Rober ANAEA in Seitz.A. Band 5: Abt. 2, Die exotischen Großschmetterlinge, Die Großschmetterlinge des amerikanischen Faunengebietes, 1907 580 et seq.
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