Panama Butterfly Photos

Panama Butterfly Photos - Skippers

by Will Cook

Here's a selection of Lepidoptera images from a trip to Panama, March 17-April 4, 2004. I managed to photograph about 50 species, though some of the more common ones, such as Blue Morpho and Julia, never perched for a photo. Butterflies were never abundant, but we were there at the end of the dry season. We saw lots of great birds and a few mammals, too. All photos were taken using a Nikon CoolPix 995. Please let me know if you can help with some of the identifications!

Pieridae and Riodinidae | Lycaenidae | Nymphalidae | Hesperiidae

Hesperiidae - Skippers

Pyrginae - Spread-wing Skippers

	Antigonus sp. 3/19/04 - Parque Natural Metropolitano, Panama City, Panama.
	spread-wing skipper sp. 3/27/04 - Volcan, Chiriqui.
	spread-wing skipper sp. 3/23/04 - Pipeline Road, Panama.
	long-tailed skipper sp. 3/24/04 - Escobal Road, Colon.
	long-tailed skipper sp. 3/24/04 - Escobal Road, Colon. Same individual.
	long-tailed skipper sp. 4/2/04 - Cabañas Burbayar, Panama.
	Two-barred Flasher (Astraptes fulgerator) 3/30/04 - Chiriqui/Bocas del Toro border.
	Two-barred Flasher (Astraptes fulgerator) 3/30/04 - Chiriqui/Bocas del Toro border. Same individual.
	Tropical Checkered-Skipper (Pyrgus oileus) 3/23/04 - Pipeline Road, Panama.
	Tropical Checkered-Skipper (Pyrgus oileus) 3/24/04 - Escobal Road, Colon.

Veined White-Skipper (Heliopetes arsalte)?
3/27/04 - road to Rio Sereno, west of Volcan, Chiriqui.

	Veined White-Skipper (Heliopetes arsalte)? 4/3/04 - Lago Bayano, Panama.
	Veined White-Skipper (Heliopetes arsalte)? 4/3/04 - Lago Bayano, Panama. Same individual.

Hesperiinae - Grass Skippers

	Common Glassywing (Pompeius pompeius)? 3/19/04 - Parque Natural Metropolitano, Panama City, Panama. Thanks to Mike Quinn for suggesting several of the grass-skipper IDs.
	skipper sp. 3/20/04 - Parque Natural Metropolitano, Panama City, Panama.
	skipper sp. 3/20/04 - Parque Natural Metropolitano, Panama City, Panama.
	Ruby-eye sp. 3/21/04 - Miraflores Locks, Panama Canal, Panama. This moth-like critter sat motionless at the top of a plate glass door at the Miraflores Locks visitor's center. There was lots of traffic through the door, but it didn't seem to bother this roosting lep.
	skipper sp. 3/23/04 - Pipeline Road, Panama.
	skipper sp. 3/23/04 - Pipeline Road, Panama.
	skipper sp. 3/23/04 - Pipeline Road, Panama. Same individual.
	skipper sp. 3/24/04 - Achiote Road, Colon.
	Quasimellana sp.? 3/24/04 - Escobal Road, Colon.
	Panoquina sp. 3/27/04 - road to Rio Sereno, west of Volcan, Chiriqui. Very similar to Ocola Skipper (Panoquina ocola).

	Zabulon Skipper (Poanes zabulon), male 3/27/04 - Volcan, Chiriqui.
	Fawn-spotted Skipper (Cymaenes odilia) 4/1/04 - Cabañas Burbayar, Panama.
	skipper sp. 4/2/04 - Cabañas Burbayar, Panama.
	skipper sp. 4/2/04 - Cabañas Burbayar, Panama. Slightly reminiscent of Eufala Skipper (Lerodea eufala).
	skipper sp. 4/2/04 - Cabañas Burbayar, Panama.
	skipper sp. 4/2/04 - Cabañas Burbayar, Panama. There is a thin shadow across the hindwing.
	Ubiquitous Skipper (Callimormus saturnus)? 4/4/04 - Parque Natural Metropolitano, Panama City, Panama.
	skipper sp. 4/4/04 - Parque Natural Metropolitano, Panama City, Panama.

Pieridae and Riodinidae | Lycaenidae | Nymphalidae | Hesperiidae

Comments? Questions? E-mail me at cwcook@duke.edu

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