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.
greta, diaphanus, antillean, clearwing, species, clearwing, ithomiine, butterflies, named, drury, 1773, scientific, classification, domain, eukaryota, kingdom, animalia, phylum, arthropoda, class, insecta, order, lepidoptera, family, nymphalidae, genus, greta,. Greta diaphanus the Antillean clearwing is a species of clearwing ithomiine butterflies named by Dru Drury in 1773 1 Greta diaphanus Scientific classification Domain Eukaryota 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 Hubner 1816 Hymenitis diaphanus quisqueya Fox 1963 Greta diaphana charadra Schwartz 1982 Greta diaphana calimete Schwartz 1982 Greta diaphana galii Schwartz 1982Description editUpperside 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 editGreta diaphanus diaphanus Jamaica Greta diaphanus quisqueya Fox 1963 Dominican Republic References edit 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 nbsp This Danainae article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Greta diaphanus amp oldid 1013489725, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
