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Myscelia c. cyananthe
(Blackened Bluewing)

Myscelia c. cyananthe Taretan, MICH, MX 19-VIII-01

Myscelia c. cyananthe Taretan, MICH, MX 19-VIII-01

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

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

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

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

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

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

Myscelia c. 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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