The Glasswing Butterfly

    Have you ever see a glasswing butterfly? It's a very unique butterfly, and you might think that it's very special. 
    The Hispanic, or Spanish people, call them espejitos. That means, a small mirror. Their Latin name is Greta oto. 
    
WHY THEIR WINGS ARE TRANSPARENT?

   Actually, every butterfly's wings are transparent. But, they are covered with scales. The scales also have color pigment, so it makes the wings looks colored. 

   The transparent wings also helps the butterfly to camouflage, because the predators are often fooled and doesn't realize their existence.  

   But, even if the predators eat the butterflies, they wouldn't like their taste. Because, the butterfly eat too much cestrum plants that makes the body of the butterfly contains alkaloids. The alkaloids makes the butterfly taste bitter. 

THE EXISTENCE OF THE GLASSWING BUTTERFLY

  Do you wanna see a glasswing butterfly? Come to the country where they originally live, that is, Mexico, Panama, Ecuador, Costa Rica, Venezuela, Colombia, Peru and Bolivia.  This animal usually lived in the tropical forest of the Andes Mountains, at an altitude of 1400 meters. But, we couldn't find this animal in Indonesia.


  This animal is also often used for a marker to see the condition of the environment. So, if this animal became an endangered species, there must be something wrong with their habitat. So, we need to preserve them so they will not be an endangered species!