Is this a butt or moth?

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Got these pix fm my hubby who received them fm his colleagues.. one of those fwd: emails...... what is this? Transparent wings, but strange-looking body!

[Sky Blue]

Butterfly, transparent bcoz no scale on the wings ;-)

[Commander]

It's a butterfly all right. :) I think it's called a Glasswing/Clearwing Butterfly (http://www.treknature.com/gallery/Europe/Germany/photo22607.htm)(Greta oto). Family : Nymphalidae Subfamily : Ithomiinae, found mainly in South America. It's bred in Butterfly Houses and is quite often photographed. Nice butt!

[Rustic]

This species is "Glass Wing Butterfly". Its scientific name is "Greta oto".

http://www.alamy.com/stock_photography/3/1/Douglas+Armand/A6FGF7.html
http://www.pbase.com/stfchallenge/image/6816064

http://www.treknature.com/gallery/photo22883.htm
http://www.cs.umb.edu/~whaber/Monte/Ithomid/Gre-oto.html

Species range: Mexico to Panama
Abundance: Common

http://www.sites.si.edu/images/exhibits/Magic%20Web/pages/Glass-wing-butterfly_jpg.htm

Many insects use visual deception to elude predators. Transparent, red-tipped wings give a fluttering glass-wing butterfly (Cithaerias menander) the appearance of a flying red bug. But upon alighting, it seems to disappear.

http://www.sites.si.edu/images/exhibits/Magic%20Web/images/Glass-wing-butterfly_jpg.jpg

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Wa! Thanks everyone!!!
What an interesting butt!
Common in S America ehh.... must look out for it if got chance to go there! heeheheh..