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Butterflies
This picture was taken in the garden of butterflies in Bendorf-Sayn, Germany. They use the slices of oranges to feed the butterflies and I was very lucky to capture this moment when those two butterflies were feeding together.
Somebody was kind enough to add identifying tags. So the two are Siproeta stelenes or malachite, neotropical brush-footed butterflies. They have large wings which are black and brilliant green or yellow-green on the uppersides and light brown and olive green on the undersides. It is named for the mineral malachite, which is similar in color to the bright green on the butterfly's wings. The malachite is found throughout central and northern South America, where it is one of the most common butterfly species. (source: wikipedia)
Malachite Schmetterlinge im Schmetterlingsgarten.
Butterflies
This picture was taken in the garden of butterflies in Bendorf-Sayn, Germany. They use the slices of oranges to feed the butterflies and I was very lucky to capture this moment when those two butterflies were feeding together.
Somebody was kind enough to add identifying tags. So the two are Siproeta stelenes or malachite, neotropical brush-footed butterflies. They have large wings which are black and brilliant green or yellow-green on the uppersides and light brown and olive green on the undersides. It is named for the mineral malachite, which is similar in color to the bright green on the butterfly's wings. The malachite is found throughout central and northern South America, where it is one of the most common butterfly species. (source: wikipedia)
Malachite Schmetterlinge im Schmetterlingsgarten.