the Nahuatl word for this insect is PAPALOTL-
spanish speakers now that papalota is kite... look familiar.
The Venezuelan word for kite is PAPAGAYO
the MAYA words are PAPE, PE, PEPEN (white butterfly), PEMPEN,
IX PON PORIB, POM RIB.
the pupa stage may also take its name from these indigenous words...
MOCIUAQUETZQUE: means "those who arose as women. These were women who died in childbirth and returned as butterflies. Their hair and left middle fingers (ouch) were thought by Nahuatl speakers to be protection for warriors...


















