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Myscelia c. cyananthe C. Felder & R. Felder, 1867
(Blackened Bluewing)

Live Adults

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Myscelia cyananthe cyananthe ♂ Sierra de Huautla, elev. 1300m, MOR, MX 1-VIII-2007

Myscelia cyananthe cyananthe ♂ Sierra de Huautla, elev. 1300m, MOR, MX 1-VIII-2007

Myscelia cyananthe cyananthe ♀ ♂ Rio Yautepec/Barranca Honda, elev. 1100m, MOR, MX 26-IV-2006

Myscelia cyananthe cyananthe ♂ ♀ Rio Yautepec/Barranca Honda, elev. 1100m, MOR, MX 26-IV-2006

Myscelia cyananthe cyananthe ♀ Rio Yautepec/Barranca Honda, elev. 1100m, MOR, MX 9-VIII-2007

Myscelia cyananthe cyananthe ♀ Jojutla/Chinameca, elev. 900m, MOR, MX 6-VIII-2006

Myscelia cyananthe cyananthe ♀ Jojutla/Chinameca, elev. 900m, MOR, MX 6-VIII-2006
This female was sucking an appendice of a female of Cryptokermes (Hemiptera: Margarodidae)
These animals are covered by a mucus which is very hard and only the tiny white filaments near the butterfly's legs (see where the arrow is pointing) is visible.


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