Mylon maimon

Mylon maimon, the common mylon or black-veined mylon, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found from Argentina to Colombia and Bolivia, north to Mexico. It is found at heights ranging from sea level to about 1,800 meters.

Mylon maimon
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Hesperiidae
Tribe:
Erynnini
Genus:
Mylon
Species:
M. maimon
Binomial name
Mylon maimon
(Scudder & Burgess, 1870)
Synonyms
  • Mylon menippus (Fabricius, 1777)
  • Mylon melander (Cramer, [1780])
  • Papilio maimon Fabricius, 1775
  • Papilio menippus Fabricius, 1777
  • Papilio melander Cramer, [1780]
  • Eudamias melander


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