The Heliconius charithonia is a monomorphic butterfly of medium size with extended wings. The wings are black with white and yellow stripes on the upper side. The pattern is really similar on the bottom side, but instead of stripes, there are dots.
The Plebejus idas is a large group of butterflies that encompasses about 70 different species. The males are metallic blue. Females can have earthy brown wings with small orange submarginal lunules. The undersides are white with ringed black spots, and the orange submarginal lunules have blue scales.
The Siproeta stelenes has black wings with yellow-green on the forewings and light brown and olive green on the underside. They are commonly known by the name malachite butterfly, named after the mineral, malachite, with a similar color to the yellow-green butterfly’s wings.

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