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Malachite butterfly subsp biplagiata

Siproeta stelenes biplagiata

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

1 Species ID Suggestions

bayucca
bayucca 12 years ago
Malachite
Siproeta stelenes biplagiata


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3 Comments

KarenSaxton
KarenSaxton 12 years ago

Malachite was my first thought,but this one clearly has tails on the hindwing and the book shows no tails on the malachite

SusanEllison
SusanEllison 12 years ago

could it be a malachite?

Ismael Chaves
Ismael Chaves 12 years ago

Beautiful!

KarenSaxton
Spotted by
KarenSaxton

Heredia, Costa Rica

Spotted on Dec 19, 2011
Submitted on Dec 31, 2011

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