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 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)References
{{Taxonbar, from=Q2215544 Riodininae Riodinidae of South America Butterflies described in 1782 Descriptions from Illustrations of Exotic Entomology Taxa named by Dru Drury Lepidoptera of Brazil