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Mexican Bluewing Butterfly While visiting Seattle we were able to go to a butterfly garden. I love the blue in his wings. Mexican Bluewing,Myscelia ethusa Click/tap to enlarge PromotedSpecies introCountry intro

Mexican Bluewing Butterfly

While visiting Seattle we were able to go to a butterfly garden. I love the blue in his wings.

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    Ferdy Christant
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    Gorgeous! Promoted to the homepage. Posted 11 years ago
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    frotle803
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    Thank you so much!!
     Posted 11 years ago

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The Mexican Bluewing

The Mexican Bluewing or simply Blue Wing is a species of butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found from Colombia north through Central America to Mexico. Strays can be found up to the lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas in the United States.

The wingspan is 64–76 mm . There are many generations per year. The larvae feed on ''Dalechampia'' species. Adults feed on rotting fruit.

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Similar species: Moths And Butterflies
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Uploaded Aug 15, 2014. Captured Jun 12, 2014 19:48.
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  • Canon EOS REBEL T5i
  • f/5.6
  • 1/256s
  • ISO6400
  • 55mm