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.)
El Paujil reserve, Santander, Colombia 7/22/2009.

White-Skipper (Heliopetes sp.)
El Paujil reserve, Santander, Colombia 7/22/2009.

White-Skipper (Heliopetes sp.)
El Paujil reserve, Santander, Colombia 7/22/2009.

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


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