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Siproeta stelenes

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Original – The Malachite (Siproeta stelenes) is a neotropical brush-footed butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is named for the mineral malachite owing to its coloration: its large wings that are black and brilliant green or yellow-green on the uppersides and light brown and olive green on the undersides, colors found on the mineral.

Reason: High resolution and quality. Featured on Commons and the German Wikipedia. Flies past the bug bar.
Articles in which this image appears: Siproeta stelenes
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Insects
Creator: Böhringer Friedrich

Support as nominator -- — Crisco 1492 (talk) 23:11, 20 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support J e e 16:19, 21 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 05:12, 26 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support - Sanyambahga (talk) 06:33, 26 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Weak oppose. I'm going to go against the grain on this one. I've looked at it a few times and never been entirely happy with it. I think I know why now. The focus is slightly off (it appears sharp only on one small part of the middle of the wing), and depth of field is more limited than (IMO) it needs to be, which further exacerbates the issue. It was taken at f/6.3 and I think f/8 or f/11 would have been more appropriate, especially given lighting conditions. It was only taken at ISO 200. It could have been bumped as high as ISO 800 without becoming too noisy, which would have allowed a much more suitable aperture for getting as much of the butterfly in focus as possible. Ðiliff «» (Talk) 10:33, 28 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support - I want this!! Herald 15:09, 28 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Malachitfalter, Bambuspage, Siproeta stelenes 3.JPG --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 23:13, 30 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]