Scientists Discover Secret To Butterfly’s Invisible Wings

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Glasswing butterfly / Radwanul Hasan Siddique, KIT.

An invisible butterfly might sound like something from a fairytale, but there are butterflies with wings as transparent as panes of glass. 

The reason that their wings are transparent is because they barely reflect any light. A wide spectrum of light—from infrared to visible to ultraviolet—travels straight through the wing tissue.