BUTTERFLIES - HESPERIIDAE, LYCAENIDAE, PIERIDAE & PAPILIONIDAE

skippers, blues, whites and swallowtails

Yellow-tipped Flasher [Astraptes anaphus annetta]

Adult of sub-species annetta – Location : Hotel Bougainvillea, Santo Tomas, Heredia province, Costa Rica – Date of image : 13 Mar 2020

Yellow-tipped Flasher [Astraptes anaphus annetta]

Adult of sub-species annetta – Location : Hotel Bougainvillea, Santo Tomas, Heredia province, Costa Rica – Date of image : 12 Mar 2020

Olive-haired Swift [Borbo borbonica?]

Adult; Borbo sp. or Pelopidas sp., possibly Olive-haired Swift (Borbo borbonica) – Location : Zogota, Nzérékoré prefecture, Guinea – Date of image : 01 Feb 2010

Striped Policeman [Coeliades forestan]

Adult – Location : Zogota, Nzérékoré prefecture, Guinea – Date of image : 14 Apr 2010

Striped Policeman [Coeliades forestan]

Adult – Location : Zogota, Nzérékoré prefecture, Guinea – Date of image : 14 Apr 2010

Two-pip Policeman [Coeliades pisistratus]

Adult – Location : near Kolwezi, Democratic Republic of Congo – Date of image : 11 Oct 2008

Dingy Skipper [Erynnis tages]

Adult – Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 19 May 2020

Common Hottentot [Gegenes niso]

Adult on flower of Yoruban Bologi (Crassocephalum rubens) – Location : near Kolwezi, Democratic Republic of Congo – Date of image : 16 Feb 2009

Marbled Skipper [Gomalia elma elma]

Adult of sub-species elma ‘African Marbled Skipper’ – Location : Zogota, Nzérékoré prefecture, Guinea – Date of image : 17 Mar 2010

Silver-spotted Skipper [Hesperia comma]

Male - Location : Park Downs, Banstead, Surrey, England – Date of image : 12 Aug 2025

Fiery Skipper [Hylephila phyleus]

Adult – Location : Hotel Bougainvillea, Santo Tomas, Heredia province, Costa Rica – Date of image : 18 Mar 2022

Unmarked Costus Skipper [Hypoleucis tripunctata]

Adult – Location : Zogota, Nzérékoré prefecture, Guinea – Date of image : 20 Nov 2009

Large Skipper [Ochlodes sylvanus]

Male on Rubus sp. leaf – Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 09 Jul 2015

Grizzled Skipper [Pyrgus malvae]

Adult - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 11 Apr 2025

Forest Elfin [Sarangesa motozi]

Adult – Location : Hazyview Cabanas, Hazyview, Mpumalanga, South Africa – Date of image : 23 Aug 2009

Mountain Sandman [Spialia spio]

Adult – Location : Borakalalo National Park, North West, South Africa – Date of image : 25 Jan 2009

Tanna Longtail [Spicauda tanna]

Adult – Location : Hotel Bougainvillea, Santo Tomas, Heredia province, Costa Rica – Date of image : 18 Mar 2022

Arrowhead Skipper [Teniorhinus harona]

Adult on Black-jack (Bidens pilosa) – Location : near Kolwezi, Democratic Republic of Congo – Date of image : 05 Feb 2009

Arrowhead Skipper [Teniorhinus harona]

Adult on flower of Crassocephalum rubens – Location : near Kolwezi, Democratic Republic of Congo – Date of image : 16 Feb 2009

Essex Skipper [Thymelicus lineola]

Adult on flower of Leontodon sp. - Location : RSPB Arne, Wareham, Dorset, England – Date of image : 28 Jun 2024

BUTTERFLIES – HESPERIIDAE, LYCAENIDAE, PIERIDAE & PAPILIONIDAE

skippers, blues, whites and swallowtails