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 Parides arcas mylotes male
Records from Isla Colon:
Record Locator #10207
Panama; B. del Toro; Isla Colon
Lat 9.4070, Long -82.3079 [ITEC] el 10m
June 16-27, 2014; moon new/waxing
day; forest edge
Frederick C. Mosher
Field notes from Isla Colon:
This species is the least frequently encountered of the three Parides species on Isla Colon. It has a weaker flight than its congeners, but like them it visits the lantana flowers along the forest edge.
Identification source link:
To help with identification, email me at identification@panamainsects.org. Please include specimen locator number.