A Greta oto glass-winged butterfly uses its straw-like proboscis to drink nectar.

Green Hills Butterfly Ranch, Belize
The lovely glasswinged butterfly Greta oto.

Green Hills Butterfly Ranch, Cayo District, Belize
Morpho peleides, the common morpho, is perhaps the most widely-recognized insect in the Neotropics. 

Green Hills Butterfly Ranch, Cayo District, Belize
The owl butterfly Caligo uranus is named for its striking eyespots.

 Green Hills Butterfly Ranch, Cayo District, Belize
Isabella's longwing Eueides isabella.

Green Hills Butterfly Ranch, Cayo District, Belize
Danaus plexippus - monarch butterfly taking nectar from a fall-blooming aster.

Urbana, Illinois, USA
Danaus plexippus - monarch butterfly taking nectar from a fall-blooming aster.

Urbana, Illinois, USA
Danaus plexippus - monarch butterfly - larva on milkweed

Urbana, Illinois, USA
A tropical daniine, Tithorea sp., feeds from a milkweed.

Misahuallí, Napo, Ecuador
A Greta oto glass-winged butterfly uses its straw-like proboscis to drink nectar.

Green Hills Butterfly Ranch, Belize
A Greta oto glass-winged butterfly uses its straw-like proboscis to drink nectar.

Green Hills Butterfly Ranch, Belize
A Greta oto glass-winged butterfly uses its straw-like proboscis to drink nectar.

Green Hills Butterfly Ranch, Belize
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