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Skipper

Bungalotis diophorus

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bayucca
bayucca 12 years ago
Diophorus Bungalotis
Bungalotis diophorus Bungalotis diophorus (Möschler, 1883)


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8 Comments

rutasandinas
rutasandinas 12 years ago

Bello color y su ojo

bayucca
bayucca 12 years ago

Yes it is a skipper! They also have to sleep somewhere ;-)...
So, you have now to update its common name.

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 12 years ago

Matthew I agree with Bayucca.. Its a Skipper. We find similar Dark Brown Skipper hiding with middy and rock surfaces with such upside down position in narrow congested low level places.

MatthewKritzer
MatthewKritzer 12 years ago

A skipper, Bayucca? Out at night with the other moths?

Leuba Ridgway
Leuba Ridgway 12 years ago

lovely !

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 12 years ago

Nice shots. The eyes look quite spooky with the flash.

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 12 years ago

This one look like camouflager with rock surface a typical Skipper feature.

bayucca
bayucca 12 years ago

This is not a moth, but a skipper! Look at the antennae and notice the white "cheeks". I guess you used flash, so eyes might look like the ones from a ruby-eyed skipper.
http://butterfliesofamerica.com/imagehtm...
http://butterfliesofamerica.com/bungalot...

MatthewKritzer
Spotted by
MatthewKritzer

Cartago, Costa Rica

Spotted on Apr 11, 2012
Submitted on Apr 11, 2012

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