Common blue-skipper
Wing span:
Identification: The wings are dark brown with dark brown fringe and faint blackish bands. The forewings have seven central white spots and three subapical white spots. The underside of the hindwings is blue, except around the apex and tornus. The base of the forewings is also blue on the underside. The body is dark brown on the upperside and creamish-white on the underside.
Variation:
Behaviour:
Habitat:
Larval food plant: Piper auritum, Piper colonense, Piper guanacastense, Piper peltatum, Piper sancti-felicis, Piper tuberculatum (Warren et al., 2013)
Adult food:
Reported from: Kartabo (Region 7), Kurupukari & TropenBos Forest Reserve (Region 8)