Greta diaphanus

Greta diaphanus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
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, 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

Wikidata ☰ Q13567854 entry

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