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Synargis cf. galena, lagartas de segundo instar atendidas por formigas Ectatomma brunneum (ver https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/228382029).
Fotos da lagarta com maior detalhe são de autoria de Renato R. Ramos (c).

Myrmecophile living among Crematogaster mimosae ants in Vachellia drepanolobium domatium. Cropped and enhanced photos added to assist ID determination. Probable ID: Hockingia curiosa, a known mimic and myrmecophile of C. mimosae (see Hocking 1970 and references listed in comments)

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I could not resist going back the next day to see if these beautiful creatures were still there. Although there were other trees of this type flowering in the street, they were again gathered around the same tree.