Greta diaphanus
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Greta |
| Species: | G. diaphanus |
| Binomial name | |
| Greta diaphanus (Drury, 1773) | |
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Greta diaphanus, the Antillean clearwing, is a species of clearwing (ithomiine) butterflies, named by Dru Drury in 1773.[1]
Description
Upperside: antennae black, and very long. thorax and abdomen dark brown. Wings transparent, vitreous (glass like). 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.
Underside: 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 upperside. Margins of the wings entire.
Wingspan 2+1⁄4 inches (57 mm).[2]
Subspecies
- Greta diaphanus diaphanus (Jamaica)
- Greta diaphanus quisqueya (Fox, 1963) (Dominican Republic)
References
- ^ "Greta Hemming, 1934" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ Drury, Dru (1837). Westwood, John (ed.). Illustrations of Exotic Entomology. Vol. 2. pp. 15-16. pl. VII.