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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 Eumorpha capronnieri

Records from Isla Colon:

 

Record Locator #8922

Panama; B. del Toro; Isla Colon

lat 9.4070, long -82.3079; el 30m

26-31 June, 2011; black light

pasture near primary forest; 8PM-5AM

Frederick C. Mosher

 

Field notes from Isla Colon:

 

I have found this species once on Isla Colon, at a 28-watt battery-powered black light on a hill in a pasture on the north end of the island. New moon; no rain.

 

 

Identification source link:

 

http://www.boldsystems.org

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

Moths; Sphingidae; Macroglossinae

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