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title: "Punchinello"
description: "Zemeros flegyas — Insekten & Spinnen. Zemeros flegyas, the Punchinello, is a small butterfly found in South Asia and Southeast Asia that belongs to the family Riodinidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/de/animal/punchinello
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Punchinello

> Zemeros flegyas — Insekten & Spinnen. Zemeros flegyas, the Punchinello, is a small butterfly found in South Asia and Southeast Asia that belongs to the family Riodinidae.

- Scientific name: *Zemeros flegyas*
- Category: `insects` (Insekten & Spinnen)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 8065
- Wikidata: [Q2026133](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2026133)
- iNaturalist taxon: [146908](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/146908)

## Names

- en: Punchinello

## Countries with the most observations

HK (3776), IN (1438), CN (865), TH (458), VN (291), MY (205), ID (146), NP (138), KH (72), BT (59), BD (37), MM (34)

## Summary

Zemeros flegyas, the Punchinello, is a small butterfly found in South Asia and Southeast Asia that belongs to the family Riodinidae.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zemeros_flegyas

## Photo

![Punchinello](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/punchinello/medium.jpg)

Photo: SUBHASHGHULE · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/255154810

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/punchinello?lang=de` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).