Mylon maimon

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

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.


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