Rusted clearwing-satyr
Cithaerias pireta
This butterfly has wings that are almost see-through, like thin glass. One of its names, blushing phantom, tells you it looks a bit like a ghost with pink cheeks. It lives in warm forests far to the south of the United States.
Lives in
From Mexico down into South America, in warm forests
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. It cannot bite or sting.
What does it eat?
Grown-up butterflies sip sweet juices through a long tongue that rolls up like a garden hose. Its caterpillars eat plants.
How fast is it?
A person walking about 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
A kid running fast about 13 km/h (8.1 mph)
Rusted clearwing-satyr about 15 km/h (9.3 mph)
A grown-up on a bike about 25 km/h (16 mph)
cool stuff
Fun facts
1
It has several pretty names, like blushing phantom and pink tipped glasswing satyr.
2
It lives in many countries, from Mexico all the way to Peru and Brazil.
3
Scientists have found six slightly different kinds of it, each living in its own area.
you asked
Most asked questions about Rusted clearwing-satyr
?Where does the rusted clearwing-satyr live?
From Mexico south into South America, for example in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Brazil.
?Is the blushing phantom butterfly dangerous?
No. It is a gentle butterfly that cannot bite or sting.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Cithaerias pireta
- Group
- Butterflies
- Family
- Nymphalidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Nymphalidae
- Lives on
- North America, South America
- Also known as
- Blushing phantom, Pink tipped glasswing satyr
Where the facts come from
- Cithaerias pireta (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by Auckland War Memorial Museum. CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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