Jemadia menechmus

Jemadia menechmus, or Mabille's sabre-wing, is a species of skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae.

Jemadia menechmus
From Peru - mounted specimen
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J. menechmus
Binomial name
Jemadia menechmus
(Mabille, 1878)
Synonyms
  • Pyrrhopyge menechmus Mabille, 1878

Description

These butterflies have a broad thorax and a conical abdomen. The uppersides of the wings are black with several longitudinal metallic blue streaks and bands and a few hyaline (glass-like) windows on the forewings.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Amazonian areas of Brazil and Peru.

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