Greta diaphanus

Greta diaphanus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Subfamily: Danainae
Tribe: Ithomiini
Genus: Greta
Species: G. diaphanus
Binomial name
Greta diaphanus
(Drury, 1773)
Synonyms
  • Papilio diaphanus Drury, 1773
  • Heliconia diaphana (Drury, 1773)
  • Papilio unzerina Herbst, 1792
  • Hymenitis diaphane Hübner, 1816
  • Hymenitis diaphanus quisqueya Fox, 1963
  • Greta diaphana charadra Schwartz, 1982
  • Greta diaphana calimete Schwartz, 1982
  • Greta diaphana galii Schwartz, 1982

Greta diaphanus (Antillean clearwing) is a species of clearwing (ithomiine) butterflies, named by Dru Drury in 1773.

Description

Upper side: antennae black, and very long. thorax and abdomen dark brown. Wings transparent, vitreous. Anterior ones with the posterior edges bending as it were inwards. A small narrow border of dark brown runs entirely round the edges of these wings; and on the anterior edges, about a third from the tips, runs a dark brown streak towards the middle of the wing, close to which is a small white spot joining to the anterior edge. Posterior wings having also a very narrow border running about two-thirds round them, and stopping at the abdominal edges; some long yellowish hairs are placed on the anterior edges near the body.

Under side: palpi, breast, sides, ash-coloured. The dark brown borders surrounding the wings appear on this side of an orange brown colour; the rest as on the upper side. Margins of the wings entire.

Wingspan 2¼ inches (57 mm).[1]

Subspecies

References

  1. Drury, Dru (1837). Westwood, John, ed. Illustrations of Exotic Entomology. 2. pp. 15-16. pl. VII.
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