Pete Oxford / Rusty-tipped Page (Siproeta epaphus) chrysalis, Mashpi Rainforest Biodiversity Reserve, Pichincha, Ecuador, sequence 1 of 3

Nick Garbutt / Malachite Butterfly (Siproeta stelenes) hanging upside down on leaf, forest near Napo River, Amazonia, Ecuador, South America.

Angelo Gandolfi / Malachite butterfly (Siproeta stelenes biplagiata) on leaf, Corcovado National Park, Osa peninsula, Costa Rica.

Ingo Arndt / Close up of wing of Malachite butterfly (Siproeta stelenes) from South America

Nick Hawkins / Malachite butterfly (Siproeta stelenes) photographed on white. Costa Rica, March.

Adrian Davies / Malachite butterfly (Siproeta stelenes) captive in Butterfly House, Devon, UK

Pete Oxford / Rusty-tipped Page (Siproeta epaphus) butterfly newly emerged from chrysalis, Mashpi Rainforest Biodiversity Reserve, Pichincha, Ecuador, sequence 3 of 3

Pete Oxford / Rusty-tipped Page (Siproeta epaphus) chrysalis, Mashpi Rainforest Biodiversity Reserve, Pichincha, Ecuador sequence 2 of 3

Adrian Davies / Malachite butterfly (Siproeta stelenes) captive bred specimen, occurs in the Americas.

Nick Garbutt / Malachite Butterfly (Siproeta stelenes) on leaf, forest near Napo River, Amazonia, Ecuador, South America.

Adrian Davies / Malachite Butterfly (Siproeta stelenes) at a butterfly farm, native to Latin America.

Denis-Huot / Malachite butterfly (Siproeta stelenes) Hacienda Baru, Costa Rica