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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 Melete isandra

Records from Isla Colon:

 

Record Locator #9928

Panama; B. del Toro; Isla Colon
Lat 9.4070, Long -82.3079 [ITEC] el 10m
23-27 March 2014; moon new/waxing
roosting under eaves at station, evening
Frederick C. Mosher

 

Field notes from Isla Colon:

 

I have found this species twice on Isla Colon, in both cases preparing to roost for the night under the eaves of the ITEC research station.

 

Identification source link:

 

http://www.boldsystems.org

Butterflies; Pieridae

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

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