This small butterfly is a denizen of the forest understory. At Las Brisas Nature Reserve it is generally found near gaps created by fallen trees. Although it is widespread throughout tropical America, it is very often overlooked, but once you pay close attention to its detail, the pattern on the hindwing is striking! The other feature this species presents (not visible in the photo) is a completely powdery-blue upperside, which creates flashes of pale blue as it dashes her

Recently we found a swallow-tail butterfly which looked different than our common Giant Swallowtail (Papilio cresponthes). After taking photographs and looking in our field guide we determined that it was the Androgeus Swallowtail (Papilio androgeus), which much to our surprise, is known in Costa Rica only from the Pacific slope! Based on the literature, our sighting would be the first for the Caribbean slope of Costa Rica. #butterflies

On May 06, 2012, we made an interesting discovery at Las Brisas. Ernesto Carman, Erick Berlin and Ela Villanueva noticed a butterfly flitting about rapidly in the understory, posing for only seconds at a time on the leaves of certain Calatheas. It was a species they had never seen before. Ernesto was able to get a couple record photographs, but the insect's behavior did not allow for better ones. All we knew was that it was a Skipper (Hesperiidae), so we sent the photos to ou