Brownish green skipper butterfly with numerous translucent patches, appearing. green due to the foliage underneath, on the all four wings. The thorax bears a coat of lighter brownish yellow hairs.

Another hard to forget skipper! This is a Phanus sp. #Skipper #Hesperoniidae from the vitreus group It is also called the #GhostSkipper. The pale areas are see-through patches on the wings that give it a distinctive ‘look’. This genus is wide ranging in the tropics. #Ecuador.

Sapphire blue skipper butterfly with thin longitudinal white/light blue streaks on the thorax with others radiating from the thorax onto the wings. Other clear to opaque windows patches mark the distal portions of both wings.

A flying sapphire jewel! The dramatic blue & white of this #Phocides sp. (P. pigmailion hewitsonius?) #skipper #Hesperoniidae made it stand out in the dappled sunshine along a forest path in #Amazonia! Who says skippers have to be boring “LBJs” (little brown jobs)! #Ecuador #Napo #IKIAM