Jemadia menechmus
| Jemadia menechmus | |
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| From Peru - mounted specimen | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Jemadia |
| Species: | J. menechmus |
| Binomial name | |
| Jemadia menechmus (Mabille, 1878) | |
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Jemadia menechmus, or Mabille's sabre-wing, is a species of skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae.
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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