CLOSED: this one has great similarity with Siproeta stelenes

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bonitin Gent, Belgium(Zone 8a) Sep 06, 2007

but has difference in patterns, and it misses the little protuberance on the lower wings of the S.stelenes

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bonitin Gent, Belgium(Zone 8a) Sep 06, 2007

another view

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bonitin Gent, Belgium(Zone 8a) Sep 06, 2007

another

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bonitin Gent, Belgium(Zone 8a) Sep 06, 2007

with wings open

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Bhavana34 Medford, NJ Sep 06, 2007

Wow, whatever it is, it is beautiful..never saw one like it where I live.

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fly_girl The Woodlands, TX(Zone 8b) Sep 06, 2007

Bonitin, I found this link that calls it a False Malachite, but I was unable to find a Genus species name. It is beautiful and similar to the Malachite, but not quite the same,is it?

http://strandedinkenmare.aminus3.com/image/2007-01-05.html

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fly_girl The Woodlands, TX(Zone 8b) Sep 06, 2007

I found it....it's a Philaethria dido:

http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/Nave-html/S06/bphilea.html

Scarce Bamboo Page, I think it may also be called the False Malachite.

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bonitin Gent, Belgium(Zone 8a) Sep 06, 2007

You really got it right, fly_girl!
And as the link mention Costa Rica, that's actually one of the two places where they import the pupas from in that butterfly garden in a greenhouse in Knokke-Heist, Belgium where I've taken the pictures.
Thank you so much, I'll add it to the BF.

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fly_girl The Woodlands, TX(Zone 8b) Sep 06, 2007

You're welcome, it's a gorgeous butterfly!

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