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Other animals
Glasswing butterfly
Glasswing butterfly · Greta oto
Glasswing butterflies fascinate with their transparent wings and create tropical moments full of lightness and astonishing camouflage.
Fact file
- Size
- Wingspan about 5.5 to 6 cm, body length up to 3 cm
- Males and females
- Females and males are hardly distinguishable in appearance
- Sounds
- Silent, no vocalisations
- Diet
- Nectar, preferably from nightshade plants such as lantanas or related species
- Offspring
- Females lay single eggs on certain food plants, caterpillars hatch after about a week
How to identify Glasswing butterfly
The Glasswing butterfly is striking for its transparent wings, which look like delicate panes of glass. Between the clear areas run fine dark brown to blackish-brown borders that make it easy for you to recognise.
With a wingspan of just under six centimetres the butterfly appears very delicate. Depending on the light, the wings have a slight sheen. The slender, grey-brown body also reinforces the fragile appearance of the Glasswing butterfly.
More in the app
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Where Glasswing butterfly live
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