Blomfild's Beauty (Smyrna blomfildia)

Smyrna_blomfildia - mariposa bonita Lat year I banned all poison from the garden. Now, a year later we have more manual pest control to do but there are new species around, especially after I donated some old bananas and mangoes in my bird feeder.
PS it's winter here now, not spring :) Blomfild's Beauty,Costa Rica,Geotagged,Nymphalinae,Nymphalini,Smyrna blomfildia,butterfly,mariposa,mariposa bonita,nymphalidae

Appearance

''Smyrna blomfildia'' has a wingspan of about 75–90 millimetres . The basic color of the wings is red-orange in males, brown in females. The upperside of the forewings show a black apex with three white spots. The underside of hindwings has brown and tan wavy markings with a few submarginal spots.

The larvae are black, with a bright orange head and strong spines along the white sides. They feed on ''Urticaceae'' , while adults feed on rotting fruits. Males of these butterflies are usyally seen in large aggregations imbibing mineralised moisture.

Smyrna_blomfildia_(1_of_3) the inside view , you have a 3 millisecond time slice to get this.
mango strategically placed in tree :) Blomfild's Beauty,Costa Rica,Geotagged,Nymphalinae,Nymphalini,Smyrna blomfildia,Spring,butterfly,mariposa,mariposa bonita,nymphalidae

Naming

*''Smyrna blomfildia blomfildia'' Fabricius, 1793
⤷ ''Smyrna blomfildia datis'' Fruhstorfer, 1908

Distribution

''Blomfild's Beauty'' can be found from South Texas and Mexico to Peru through Central America. These butterflies live in tropical forests at an elevation of 0–1,200 metres above sea level.

Habitat

''Blomfild's Beauty'' can be found from South Texas and Mexico to Peru through Central America. These butterflies live in tropical forests at an elevation of 0–1,200 metres above sea level.

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Taxonomy
Kingdom	Animalia
Division	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Lepidoptera
Family	Nymphalidae
Genus	Smyrna
Species	S. blomfildia

Photographed in
Costa Rica