In the Amazon and South America usual transparent butterfly

Kind of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae, living in the rain forests of the Amazon in South America. The very small size of the butterfly. The wingspan of 5-6 cm. The fabric between the veins on the wings of a butterfly, is transparent, it is caused by the lack of color scales.

These butterflies lay their eggs on plants of the genus cestrum, which will then eat the caterpillar, and at the same time gain in the fabric of toxic alkaloids. In the future, adult butterfly will be nasty taste to predators, such as birds.

For ecologists Greta Oto serves as an indicator of the state of the environment. These butterflies found only in those places where the ideal state of the environment. The loss of this species in different places warning of environmental change.

Source: ru.wikipedia.org

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