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Malachite Butterfly

Siproeta stelenes biplagiata

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Description:

It came to visit, it looked so new, so perfect, so bright, I took a couple of pictures and carefully, released it to the garden.

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Gilma Jeannette Ospino Ferreira-Norman
Marta RubioTexeira, I have seen them June, July and August and they looked pretty nice, no damage at all, I think they are hatching around those months here in Costa Rica.
The MnMs
I imagine that these butterflies hatch later in the year than the time I was in Costa Rica (April) because a couple years ago I was in Yucatan in September and I also saw them there but this year in CR I did not see them :-)

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Butterflies & Moths of the World
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Paso Pacifico Survey
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El mini-mundo de Costa Rica
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Insects of Costa Rica
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National Geographic's Great Nature Project
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PublishedAugust 21, 2014

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