Biology:Mylon maimon

Short description: Species of butterfly

Mylon maimon
In Colombia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Genus:	Mylon
Species:	M. maimon
Binomial name
Mylon maimon (Scudder & Burgess, 1870)
Synonyms
List 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, and north to Mexico. It is found at heights ranging from sea level to about 1,800 meters.

External links

• Butterflies of the Amazon rainforest

Wikidata ☰ Q6947756 entry