Green Butterfly

Philaethria dido - The scarce bamboo page or dido longwing (Philaethria dido) is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Central America and tropical South America, both east and west of the Andes, from Brazil and Ecuador northwards to Mexico. Strays can sometimes be found in the lower Rio Grande Valley in southern Texas. (Wikipedia)

[Suse♡]

Butterflies are always lovely subject and this one fits well in colors

[Yeshanghai]

Gorgeous capture

[gloria jones]

Super capture, composition, details, colors

[Margaret Obey]

Beautiful Sally

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Beautiful shot of such a pretty butterfly.

[Bill Fenske]

Beautiful

[summerfield]

nice! i've not seen a green butterfly before. is it native to SA?

[Gena Pegg]

Beautifully captured. Wonderful detail and colors

[Taffy]

That's quite the unique coloring! Well captured image of this beautiful butterfly.

[Susan C Clow]

Pretty capture of this pretty butterfly. Nice close up and clarity. FAV

[Sally Ings]

@summerfield I don't know, Vikki. Unfortunately the place I visited didn't have any identification boards anywhere obvious! I haven't done any research either.

[Sally Ings]

@summerfield did a quick Google search and have updated my description.

[Babs]

Beautiful colours.

[Kristina Olsen]

beautiful!!

[Sam]

So pretty!

[Ingrid]

Gorgeous sharp image :)

[Susan]

Gorgeous butterfly capture!

[mervyn hobbs]

Super shot.

[Howard Steele]

great shot

[Therese]

wow, such a very beautiful butterfly! Such a gorgeous colour! :)

[Chris]

Another great shot, Sally.

[Paula W]

I think I have seen these in our local butterfly house. A pretty butterfly shot.

[Graham Thresher]

A great shot.

[Ann H. LeFevre]

It reminds me of a Swallowtail in some ways- but it definitely has its own unique features- especially that color! Great close-up!