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Transparent Butterflies
Some butterflies are
transparent. This is a natural camouflage mechanism. They have
see-through wings and in their rain forest home, they are almost
invisible.
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Glasswing Butterfly – a
tiny transparent butterfly with see through wings.
Greta Oto Butterfly – this
butterfly comes from Central America and is found from Mexico
to Panama. Its English name is glasswing. It is a very
common butterfly in its zone but not that easy to spot due to
its transparent wings. This
butterfly is part of the clearwing clade. |
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