title: Jemadia menechmus
text: # Jemadia menechmus
  
  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.
  
  