Sebastián Mena of the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Sebastián Mena of the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) in Gamboa, Panama, collected and photographed 120 butterfly species for a guidebook he co-authored about the butterflies of Panama’s Pipeline Road Trail. Now he is working on a future project, creating high quality posters about butterflies for use in outreach around the country. (Photo credit: Laura Kraft)