Greta diaphanus

Greta diaphanus, the Antillean clearwing, is a species of clearwing (ithomiine) butterflies, named by Dru Drury in 1773.[1]

Greta diaphanus
Scientific classification Edit this 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 Hübner, 1816
  • Hymenitis diaphanus quisqueya Fox, 1963
  • Greta diaphana charadra Schwartz, 1982
  • Greta diaphana calimete Schwartz, 1982
  • Greta diaphana galii Schwartz, 1982

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
  1. "Greta Hemming, 1934" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Drury, Dru (1837). Westwood, John (ed.). Illustrations of Exotic Entomology. Vol. 2. pp. 15-16. pl. VII.


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