Panara jarbas

Panara jarbas
Illustration by Dru Drury
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Riodinidae
Subfamily:	Riodininae
Genus:	Panara
Species:	P. jarbas
Binomial name
Panara jarbas (Drury, 1782)
Synonyms
Papilio jarbas Drury, 1782 Papilio thisbe Fabricius, 1781 (nec Linnaeus) Hesperia perditus Fabricius, 1793 Panara perdita Hübner, [1819] Panara episatnius Prittwitz, 1865 Panara arctifascia Butler, 1874 Panara eclypsis Seitz, 1913 Panara thymele Stichel, 1909

Panara jarbas is a species in the butterfly family Riodinidae found in Brazil. It was first described by Dru Drury in 1782.

Description

Upperside. Antennae black. Thorax and abdomen nearly black. Wings brownish black. An orange-coloured bar, about a quarter of an inch broad, crosses the anterior wings from the middle of the anterior edges to the lower corners, from whence another of half that breadth crosses the posterior wings, meeting just below the anus.

Underside. Tongue, legs, breast, and abdomen dark brown, the latter having a small orange streak on each side. Wings coloured as on the upperside. Margins of the wings entire. Wing-span 1+3⁄4 inches (44 mm).

Subspecies

• Panara jarbas jarbas (Brazil: western Rio de Janeiro, south-eastern Minas Gerais, northern Espirito Santo, Pernambuco)
• Panara jarbas episatnius Prittwitz, 1865 (Brazil: Rio de Janeiro, Espírito Santo, eastern Minas Gerais)
• Panara jarbas thymele Stichel, 1909 (Brazil: Bahia, western Parana, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro)