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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.

 

 

Species page for Coenipeta polynoe

Records from Isla Colon:

 

Record Locater # 9585

Panama; B. del Toro; Isla Colon               
lat 9.4070, long -82.3079; el 15m
6-13 July, 2013; 160w merc vapor lamp
pasture/primary rainforest; 8PM-5AM
Frederick C. Mosher

 

 

Field notes from Isla Colon:

 

This moth is occasional at lights on Isla Colon. I have also regularly found it in the morning in banana bait traps.

 

 

Identification source link:

 

http://www.boldsystems.org

To help with identification, email me at identification@panamainsects.org. Please include specimen locator number.

Moths; Erebidae; Erebinae

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