Jemadia menechmus

Jemadia menechmus
	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)
Synonyms
	Pyrrhopyge menechmus Mabille, 1878;

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.

References

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