Myscelia orsis

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Myscelia orsis

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Some great photos of the Orsis Bluewing (Myscelia orsis) -

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Beautiful photos.
Yours?
I only saw this butterfly once in Northern Argentina in 2018.
The one I saw was in nowhere near as pristine condition as these.
I remember seeing drawers full of this species at BMNH on a visit in the 1980s. Although I believe it is being bred now in Brazil/Paraguay it is still a species missing from my collection.
Attaching my photo from August 2018 which is on another thread too.
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daveuk wrote: Fri Jun 03, 2022 8:51 am Beautiful photos.
Yours?
No, some images I found around the web.

There are at least a couple of species of Myscelia that occasionally stray across the TX border, such as M. ethusa -

https://bugguide.net/node/view/871179

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I have that species in my collection & M cyaniris
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