The Life of Animals | Greta Oto | 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 glasswinged butterfly, and its Spanish name is "espejitos", which means "little mirrors."
G. morgane oto visits common flowers like lantana, but prefers to lay its eggs on plants of the tropical Solanaceae genus Cestrum The green caterpillars feed on these toxic plants and are perhaps toxic to predators through secondary chemicals stored in their tissues
caterpillar chemical extracts are unpalatable to Paraponera clavata ants Adults are also assumed to be toxic but their toxicity mainly results from males feeding on flowers (e.g., Asteraceae) whose nectar contains pyrrolizidine alkaloids.
