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Navy Eighty Eight Butterfly

Diaethria Astala

Description:

So blue when open, 2 light blue spots on each wing and when closed it turn into an amazing white with dark markings, 2 semi-circles and red on top and around wings.

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7 Comments

KarenL
KarenL 11 years ago

Very pretty!

Wild Things
Wild Things 11 years ago

Beautiful!

Sachin Zaveri
Sachin Zaveri 11 years ago

Spectacular,

Thank you patty, it is so pretty

patty
patty 11 years ago

Awesome butterfly from whichever perspective!

Thank you Liam I will check that name.

Liam
Liam 11 years ago

An "88" butterfly, genus Diaethria: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diaethria

Alajuela, Costa Rica

Spotted on Oct 5, 2012
Submitted on Oct 5, 2012

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