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sethy:
From the very beginning of our life we always get startled by the stunning beauty of the butterflies. In the childhood days we all want either to fly like a butterfly or to touch them. After all they are the most beautiful gifts of God to our planet earth. So let’s know about them more and enjoy their indispensable charm and innocence.

There are different type of butterflies

sethy:
1)  Transparent Butterfly -

The Glass winged butterfly (Greta oto) is a brush-footed butterfly, and is a member of the subfamily Danainae, tribe Ithomiini, subtribe Godyridina. The wings are translucent, with a wingspan of 5.6 to 6.1 cm (2.2 to 2.4 in). Its most common English name is glass winged butterfly, and its Spanish name is “espejitos”, which means “little mirrors.” Indeed, the tissue between the veins of its wings looks like glass, as it lacks the colored scales found in other butterflies. The opaque borders of its wings are dark brown sometimes tinted with red or orange, and its body is dark in color.

sethy:
2) Dead Leaf Butterflies -



The Orange Oakleaf or Dead Leaf (Kallima inachus) is a nymphalid butterfly found in tropical Asia from India to Japan. With wings closed, it closely resembles a dry leaf with dark veins and is a spectacular example of camouflage.

sethy:
3) Neglected Eighty-Eight Butterfly -



Diaethria is a brush-footed butterfly genus found in the Neotropical Ecozone, ranging from Mexico to Paraguay. Species in this genus are commonly called eighty-eights like the related genera Callicore and Perisama, in reference to the characteristic patterns on the hindwing undersides of many. In Diaethria, the pattern consists of black dots surrounded by concentric white and black lines, and typically looks like the numbers “88″ or “89″.

sethy:
4)  Giant Owl Butterfly -

The Idomeneus Giant Owl, Caligo idomeneus, is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. The species can be found in the Amazon rainforest and eastern Andes, from Venezuela to Ecuador, and south to the Mato Grosso in southern Brazil. The butterfly is named for Idomeneus, the leader of the Cretan army during the Trojan War.



Giant Owl Butterfly

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