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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 Rothschildia lebeau II
Records from Isla Colon:
Record Locator # 10110
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 color morph of R. lebeau is more common on Isla Colon than the cinnamon-brown version pictured here. This individual come to a mercury vapor light in an open area near the forest.
The females I have found on the island thus far all look about the same, colored somwhere between the male forms I and II.
Identification source link:
To help with identification, email me at identification@panamainsects.org. Please include specimen locator number.