A butterfly with transparent wings is rare and beautiful. As delicate as finely blown glass, the

presence of this rare tropical gem is used by rain forest ecologists as an indication of high

habitat quality and its demise alerts them of ecological change.  Rivaling the refined beauty of

a stained glass window, the translucent wings of the Glasswing butterfly shimmer in the

sunlight like polished panes of turquoise, orange, green, and red. All things beautiful do not

have to be full of color to be noticed: in life that which is unnoticed has the most power.

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