This is why I love skippers! Monk Skipper Gainesville, FL August, 2024

Southern Skipperling Gainesville, FL June 2024

I miss the Neotropics; you never know which species you’re gonna see next! 🤩 Mnasitheus chrysophrys Panama May, 2023

My silver lining of tropical storms is what stray butterfly species they will bring. #Florida #Tornado

A butterfly so dark that even a camera struggled to focus. Ephyriades arcas (Caribbean Duskywing) #butterfly #butterflyexplorers

This thread about people’s favorite insects is fun! threads.net/@sajankc1960/p…

Who says deserts are dull? I traded Nepal's lush tropics for east New Mexico's arid landscape and stumbled upon a butterfly bonanza (or am I lying?). Read about it in our recent article: researchgate.net/publication/38… #desertbutterflies #butterflyexplorers

New brood of Megathymus cofaqui. #Butterflies #giantskippers #butterflyexplorers 📍Goethe State Forest, Fl

Yup. Megathymus cofaqui.

What would you call this moth? Scopelodes vulpina Lamjung, Nepal June, 2017

I have come across several asymmetrical butterflies, but this one tops the list! Agathymus neumoegeni. #Butterflies #Giantskippers #butterflyexplorers

We conducted a comprehensive review of Hesperiidae species in Bhutan, scrutinizing three existing checklists and 25 new records presented by Van der Poel et al. (2023). Read the full article. researchgate.net/publication/38…

Read short & sweet story of our time ENMU covered in Butterflies of NM website. Initially, I thought lawns were bad, but now I see that small, well-maintained lawns, like those at ENMU, can serve as a refuge in arid areas. Link: peecnature.org/butterfly-ecst…

Family tree of ‘boring’ butterflies shows they’re anything but floridamuseum.ufl.edu/science/family… There are as many as 100 co-occurring euptychiine species in the rainforests of Peru and Brazil, but even the most seasoned butterfly experts have a hard time telling them apart.

Euphyes arpa (Palmetto Skipper) Gainesville, Fl. Sept. 2024

Guess the butterfly!

Scarab beetle from Panama 2023. Rutela sanguinolenta

Nice talk Anisha Sapkota Sajan KC #butterfliesofnepal #butterflyexplorers

Sajan and I presented on the butterflies of Nepal at the McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity, UFl. YouTube: youtu.be/sIyDKpvis2w?si… #butterflyexplorers

The magnum opus is out! We describe 29 species of Hemipeplinae (Coleoptera: Mycteridae) beetles new to science. mapress.com/zt/article/vie…