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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.
Specimen records and photographs
for researchers and educators
Species page for Pero polygonaria
Records from Isla Colon:
Record Locator # 10391
10391 Panama; B. del Toro; Isla Colon
Lat 9.4070, Long -82.3079 [ITEC] el 10m
June 17-27, 2014; moon new/waxing
160w MV light; pasture; hill near forest
Frederick C. Mosher
Field Notes from Isla Colon:
I did not find this moth on Isla Colon until June of 2014, when it showed up in good numbers at a mercury vapor lamp set up in a pasture near the rainforest edge.
Identification source link:
To help with identification, email me at identification@panamainsects.org. Please include specimen locator number.
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