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