Transparent Glasswing Butterflys
This magnificent butterfly comes from Central America and is found from Mexico to Panama. It is quite common in its zone, but is not easy to find because of its transparent wings, which are a natural camouflage mechanism.

A butterfly with transparent wings is rare and beautiful.  As delicate as finely blown glass, the presence of this rare tropical gem is used by rain forest ecologists as an indication of high habitat quality, and its demise alerts them of ecological change. Rivaling the refined beauty of a stained glass window, the translucent wings of the Glasswing butterfly shimmer in the sunlight like polished panes of turquoise, orange, green, and red.











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