Spectacular Transparent Butterfly

[Terri Benning]

Spectacular Transparent Butterfly

 
It comes from Central America and is found from

Mexico to Panama.  It is quite common in its zone,  
but its 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. 

All things beautiful do not have to be full of color to be 
noticed...in life that which is unnoticed has the most power.