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 Opsiphanes quiteria
Records from Isla Colon:
Record Locator #10121
Panama; B. del Toro; Isla Colon
Lat 9.4070, Long -82.3079 [ITEC] el 10m
June 25-27, 2014; moon new/waxing
banana bait trap; pasture; hill near forest
Frederick C. Mosher
Field notes from Isla Colon:
This individual is the only representative of the species that I have seen on Isla Colon. It turned up in a banana bait trap set up in the pasture, about 50 yards from the edge of the rainforest.
Identification source link:
To help with identification, email me at identification@panamainsects.org. Please include specimen locator number.