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Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Transparent Butterfly


TRANSPARENT BUTTERFLY

It comes from Central America and is found from Mexico to Panama . It is quite common in its zone, but it's not easy to find because of its transparent wings, which is 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.

Maybe all things beautiful don't have to be full of color to be noticed...







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