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Siproeta stelenes biplagiata
Malachite, Siproeta stelenes biplagiata, Atenas, Costa Rica
The plant is Palo de Oro or Croton (Codiaeum variegatum) or a cultivated form of Croton.
Spotted on Dec 20, 2005
Submitted on Dec 20, 2011
19 Comments
Superb shot of a superb butterfly, bayucca. One of my favourites. I often had them land on me in Costa Rica. Guess they liked me too!
Thanks, Caleb, this is still one of my favourites.
lovely butterfly, bayucca, can't believe i missed it!
Stunning picture!!
Gorgeous sighting....lucky!
awesome.
Thanks my friends! I am happy you like this one and I am happy too, that it is showing up again in the thread after 4 months of nothing ;-)...
Very neat
Fantastic photo of your spotting of this beauty.
Love this!
Beautiful capture :)
awesome...
fantastic shot of a gorgeous butterfly
Wow, this butterfly is amazing, great shot!
Precious shot!
I really like his colors. Very nice picture!
beautiful!
WOW! I have seen a lot of butterfly photos. Congrats on such a superb job. Wonderful! And what plant is it on. That is real unique too.
Very pretty!