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Jemadia menechmus

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Hesperiidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Jemadia

Jemadia menechmus

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

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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

Jemadia menechmus Wikipedia