[EN-Es] Malachite
Siproeta stelenes is a large butterfly species in the Nymphalidae family. It lives in the Neotropics, from Central to South America.
Siproeta stelenes es una especie de mariposa grande de la familia Nymphalidae. Habita en el neotrópico, desde centro hasta Sudamérica.
It is also called "Green Camouflage" or "Malachite" due to its color similar to that of that mineral.
Es llamada tambien "Camuflada verde" o "Malaquita", por su color parecido al de ese mineral.
This is the first time I have seen it in my garden and, at first, I confused it with another species, the Papilio cresphontes.
En mi jardín es primera vez que la veo y, al principio, la confundí con otra especie, la Papilio cresphontes.
She seemed to be resting. At no point did I see her looking for flowers to feed on.
Parecía descansar. En ningún momento la vi buscando flores para alimentarse.
It was greenish yellow with brown on the back of its wings, light green, brown and mustard yellow on the underside. The body, legs and antennae were brown and the eyes were yellow with brown.
It had a wingspan of about 8 centimeters.
Era amarillo verdoso con marrón en el dorso de sus alas, verde claro, marrón y amarillo mostaza en la cara ventral. El cuerpo, las patas y las antenas eran marrones y los ojos amarillos con marrón.
Tenía unos 8 centímetros de envergadura.
It is probably of the subspecies Siproeta stelens biplagiata, which corresponds to this geographic region.
Probablemente sea de la subespecie Siproeta stelens biplagiata, que corresponde a esta región geográfica.
They feed on nectar from ruellia flowers and others from the Acantaceae family, as well as rotten fruit.
Ellas se alimentan de néctar de flores de ruellia y otras de la familia acantaceae, además de frutos podridos
Since It didn't fly much, I also had time to make a short video of it.
Como volaba poco tuve tiempo también de hacer un video corto de ella.
I had not seen this species before and. As its wings were somewhat damaged, I thought it was a lost specimen, brought by the wind from other places.
No había visto esta especie antes. Como tenía sus alas algo detetioradas, crei que era un ejemplar extraviado, traído por el viento desde otros lugares.
Photos taken with my Xiaomi Redmi 9 A smartphone.
Fotos tomadas con mi teléfono inteligente Xiaomi Redmi 9 A.
Thank you so much for stopping by and reading my post.
Muchas gracias por detenerse y leer mi publicación.
Imagen hecha con Canva y Paint.
Translated with / Traducido con: Google translator.
Referencias / References:
https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siproeta_stelenes
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