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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 Correbidia sp 1
Records from Isla Colon:
Record Locater #10118
Panama; B. del Toro; Isla Colon
Lat 9.4070, Long -82.3079 [ITEC] el 10m
June 25-27, 2014; moon new/waxing
160w MV light; pasture; hill near forest
Frederick C. Mosher
Field notes from Isla Colon:
This moth, and several similar-looking species illustrated in this gallery, are nearly always present at lights in various abundance. They all, to one degree ot another, appear to mimic beetles in the family Lycidae that are present on Isla Colon.
Identification source link:
To help with identification, email me at identification@panamainsects.org. Please include specimen locator number.