These are butterflies in the family Hesperiidae that I have recorded on Isla Colon. Each specimen includes collecting data and observations I have made over years of visits to the island.
Specimen records and photographs
for researchers and educators
Species page for Catoblepia orgetorix championi male
Records from Isla Colon:
Record Locator #10155
Panama; B. del Toro; Isla Colon
Lat 9.4070, Long -82.3079 [ITEC] el 10m
June 25-27, 2014; moon new/waxing
perched on tree near banana bait; forest
Frederick C. Mosher
Field notes from Isla Colon:
I have found this species occasionally at bait on Isla Colon. The female, which closely resembles a small Caligo atreus dionysos, comes to fermenting banana bait in the deep gloom of the rainforest interior.
Identification source link:
To help with identification, email me at identification@panamainsects.org. Please include specimen locator number.