The veins in the wings of the glasswing butterfly are translucent, and look like a glass. They usually have an outline of black or orange.This transparency wings allows the glasswing butterfly to blend in its environment to camouflage without extensive coloration, and go unnoticed, especially while feeding. 

As with most butterflies, the glasswing also looks extremely delicate, but has the ability to carry nearly 40 times its own weight. It is extremely fast and can fly almost eight miles per hour for short intervals.

Female’s glasswing butterfly usually lay their eggs only on the toxic plants of Cestrum family. The larvae feed on these plants, and hence become toxic to the predators, through the secondary chemicals stored in their tissue. While males, feed on the flower of the same plants, whose nectar contains pyrrolizidine alkaloids then converted into pheromones and are used to attract females.