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A
Julia butterfly
(
Dryas iulia
) feeding on the tears of a
red-headed Amazon River turtle
(
Podocnemis erythrocephala
) in
Ecuador
. Such
lachryphagy
provides the butterfly with additional minerals that it can use for
spermatophore
production.
Photograph: Ministry of Information and Tourism of Ecuador
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