Memphis laura is a species of leafwing found in South America.*
Subspecies Memphis laura laura; present in Costa Rica and Colombia. Memphis laura balboa (Hall, 1927)Hall, A. 1927 Entomologist 60:149 present in Panama. Memphis laura caucana (Joicey & Talbot, 1922)Joicey, J. & Talbot,G. 1922 New forms of butterflies from South America Bulletin of the Hill Museum. 1 (2) : 357-358 Memphis laura rosae (Fassl, 1909)Societas entomologica 24 Zobodat present in Colombia.
Description Memphis laura is a butterfly with forewings with a humped costal edge, an almost straight outer edge, an internal angle in the shape of a hook. The upper part is orange-brown with metallic blue accents. The reverse side is orange and simulates a dead leaf.Seitz- Males above intensely black with an indistinct, dull greenish tinge growing somewhat more prominent at the base of the forewing. The under surface is also chestnut-brown with silvery white scaling; before the apex of the hindwing there is a large silvery white costal spot, in front of it a light undulate band composed of silvery interspersed, small scales. 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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