Brilliant Thoas Swallowtail

I have photographed so many different species of butterflies the last three months that I will never catch up on sharing all of them, but this one is just too colorful to miss! 🙂 Thoas Swallowtail, Papilio thoas (linked to my gallery) is almost a twin to the slightly larger Giant Swallowtail and easily confused. He is found from South Texas to Brazil and fairly common here in Costa Rica. Here’s three different views of one in my garden recently . . .

¡Pura Vida!