Common scarlet eye skipper resting vertically on a forest leaf. Its orange brown forewings are decorated with small, polygonal opaque windows, while nearer to the thorax it wears a mane of longer orange brown scaly hairs. The species is Nascus phocus.
A brown skipper with a splashes of white speckles on the upper side of its wings resting on the frond-like leaves of a rainforest plant. Species is Bungalotis erythus.
Light brown rainforest skipper alert and upright on a leaf. Its light-brown wings sport a trio of small opaque windows and a few dark spots. The dark red eye is crossed by a slash of dark brown that also rips into the underside of the thorax. Species is Carystoides basoches
This not a skipper but a stunning blue metalmark butterfly resting on a green leaf whose electric blue upper wings have brilliant red-orange accents within the dark posterior border of hindwing. The species is the Periander metalmark, Rhetus periander.
Super Skipper Sunday. …And there are always tropical #skippers (#Hesperiidae)! Plus a sort of skipper-like #Rhetus #metalmark with a long tail #Butterfly #Lepidoptera #Ecuador #Insect #Riodinidae (2/2)
