A damaged Small Beauty (Colobura dirce) mud-puddling at Las Nubes, Chiapas State, Mexico. Would guess a bird has taken a bite of tail end.

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Location: Las Nubes, Chiapas State, Mexico
Photo credit: © Nigel Sawyer / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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