Colombia Butterfly Photos - Skippers
by Will Cook
Here's a selection of Lepidoptera images from a trip to Colombia, July 16-August 6, 2009. All photos were taken using a Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ50, most with the addition of a Sony VCL-M3358 close-up lens. Please let me know if you can help with some of the identifications!
Pieridae | Riodinidae | Lycaenidae | Nymphalidae 1 | Nymphalidae 2 | Hesperiidae | Moths and Caterpillars
Hesperiidae - Skippers
Pyrginae - Spread-wing Skippers
Near Libano, Tolima, Colombia 7/20/2009. 
El Paujil reserve, Santander, Colombia 7/23/2009. 
Bifurcate Flat (Celaenorrhinus bifurcus)? El Paujil reserve, Santander, Colombia 7/22/2009. 
Near Lerida, Tolima, Colombia 7/21/2009. 
El Paujil reserve, Santander, Colombia 7/22/2009. 
El Paujil reserve, Santander, Colombia 7/23/2009. 
White-Skipper (Heliopetes sp.) 
White-Skipper (Heliopetes sp.) 
White-Skipper (Heliopetes sp.) 
El Paujil reserve, Santander, Colombia 7/23/2009. 
Near Lerida, Tolima, Colombia 7/21/2009. 
Orcus Checkered-Skipper (Pyrgus orcus)? Cerulean Warbler Reserve, Santander, Colombia 7/25/2009. 
Orcus Checkered-Skipper (Pyrgus orcus)? Piha reserve, Antioquia, Colombia 8/2/2009. |
Hesperiinae - Grass Skippers
| Camino Real Parque Ecologico, La Vega, Cundinamarca, Colombia 7/19/2009. |
| Cerulean Warbler Reserve, Santander, Colombia 7/25/2009. |
| El Paujil reserve, Santander, Colombia 7/22/2009. |
| El Paujil reserve, Santander, Colombia 7/23/2009. |
| Cerulean Warbler Reserve, Santander, Colombia 7/25/2009. |
| Cerulean Warbler Reserve, Santander, Colombia 7/25/2009. |
| Cerulean Warbler Reserve, Santander, Colombia 7/25/2009. |
| Cerulean Warbler Reserve, Santander, Colombia 7/25/2009. |
| Near Libano, Tolima, Colombia 7/20/2009. |
| above El Dorado reserve, Magdalena, Colombia 7/29/2009. |
| below El Dorado reserve, Magdalena, Colombia 7/29/2009. |
| Yellow-eared Parrot reserve, Antioquia, Colombia 8/4/2009. |
Heteropterinae - Skipperlings
| Skipperling (Dalla sp.) above El Dorado reserve, Magdalena, Colombia 7/29/2009. |
Pieridae | Riodinidae | Lycaenidae | Nymphalidae 1 | Nymphalidae 2 | Hesperiidae | Moths and Caterpillars
Comments? Questions? E-mail me at cwcook@duke.edu