Semomesia geminus (Fabricius, 1793)

 

Synonyms: Hesperia geminus, Mesosemia coelestina, Mesosemia geminus

 

 

Semomesia geminus is a poorly known endemic to the Atlantic Forest of eastern and southeastern Brazil (from Pernambuco to Rio de Janeiro, with most records from Espírito Santo (see Bizarro and Soares 2012 for details). Known from collections and few recent observations of living specimens in September-December. In Rio de Janeiro state, it was encountered in secondary lowland tropical forest and elfin forest at 300-1,000 m. This species is sexually dimorphic: the male is metallic blue, with a wide dark band across the forewing; the female has banded grey-blue forewings and metallic blue hindwings.

 

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