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Malachite butterfly subsp biplagiata

Siproeta stelenes biplagiata

Photo by KarenSaxton
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

green and black tropical butterfly with small "tails" on the hind wing

Habitat:

butterfly garden

Notes:

This was a lovely butterflly - we saw it flying over the Tortuguero river and Rio Frio as well

Species ID Suggestions

Malachite

Siproeta stelenes biplagiata
bayucca
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Comments (3)
KarenSaxton
Malachite was my first thought,but this one clearly has tails on the hindwing and the book shows no tails on the malachite

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