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The glasswinged butterfly, Greta oto, is a common species of clearwing butterfly, widely distributed in Central America from Mexico to Panama. Its wings are famous for their characteristic transparent ...

A tiny, transparent new species hides from predators in the Atlantic Forest of Brazil. André Victor Lucci Freitas, Eduardo de Oliveira Emery, Luiza Moraes Magaldi (2024) Tropical Lepidoptera Research ...

Butterfly pupae are easy targets for predators in search of an easy protein-rich meal, and one would think that the flashier the cocoon, the higher the chances of being spotted and eaten, but the ...

Butterflies that independently evolved the same wing patterns have also evolved similar eyes and brains which are fine-tuned for vision in the shifting light of tropical rainforests, according to new ...

This clearwing butterfly is now a prizewinner. Marianne Elias SHARE Finding a clearwing butterfly isn’t difficult, says Marianne Elias, so long as you’re 6,000 feet up in the mountains of Ecuador.