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Transparent
Butterfly (Absolutely
gorgeous photos!)
It comes from Central America and
is found from Mexico to Panama. It is
quite common in its zone, but it 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.
All things beautiful do not have
to be full of color to be noticed: in life that which is unnoticed has the
most power.
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