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Myscelia
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Myscelia is a genus of nymphalid butterflies found in southern North America, Central America and South America.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 84
- With media
- 13
- Family
- Nymphalidae
- Collections
- IIZD-UASLP, UMNH, SDNHM
- Recorded in
- Mexico
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- Myscelia ethusa.jpg
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- taxon common name
- Bluewings
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Myscelia is a genus of nymphalid butterflies found in southern North America, Central America and South America.
==Species== The species in the genus are: Myscelia aracynthia (Dalman, 1823) Myscelia capenas (Hewitson, [1857]) Myscelia cyananthe C. & R. Felder, [1867] – blackened bluewing Myscelia cyaniris Doubleday, [1848] – blue wave, blue-banded purplewing, tropical blue wave, whitened bluewing, or royal blue Myscelia ethusa (Doyère, [1840]) – Mexican bluewing or blue wing Myscelia hypatia Strecker, 1900 Myscelia leucocyana C. & R. Felder, 1861 Myscelia milloi Oberthür, 1916 Myscelia orsis (Drury, [1782])
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