חרקים שלי פיליפינים

A month ago or so the California Academy of Sciences launched a full fledged expedition to the Philippines. בעוד שרוב המזומנים הוצא על ספינת קליפר וצוותים צלילה, היה מרכיב יבשתי. בזמן שאני לא מקבל ללכת (וישבתי בבית ושרבב את שהפתיה), I did talk some of my spider colleagues into collecting lepidoptera for me. Rarely do I say this, but they did a wonderful job collecting leps, and I am slowly working through their bounty (thanks to Nataliya, Vanessa and Hannah!). Here is one of the few butterflies they caught – and I’m thinking this even came into light since it was packed with the moths (which butterflies occasionally do). This stunning Lycaenidae is Catapaecilma evansi, identified by David (indowings) over on InsectNet, תודה!

Catapaecilma evansi (Lycaenidae)