Caligo: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Nymphalidae
- Genus
- Caligo
- Species
- Scientific Name
- Caligo
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Owl butterfly
The owl butterflies are species of the genus Caligo and are known for their huge eyespots, which resemble owls' eyes. They are found in the rainforests and secondary forests of Mexico, Central and South America.
Owl butterflies are very large, 65–200 mm (2.6–7.9 in), and fly only a few meters at a time, so avian predators have little difficulty in following them to their settling place. However, the butterflies preferentially fly in dusk, when few avian predators are around. The Latin name may possibly refer to their active periods; caligo means darkness.
Some owl butterflies form leks in mating behavior.
...Caligo in languages:
- English
- Owl-Butterflies
- German
- Bananenfalter
- Japanese
- フクロウチョウ属
- Portuguese
- Borboletas-coruja
- Russian
- Калиго
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
Child Taxa
- Caligo arisbe
- Caligo arisbe x martia
- Caligo atreus
- Caligo bellerophon
- Caligo beltrao
- Caligo brasiliensis
- Caligo euphorbus
- Caligo eurilochus
- Caligo idomeneus
- Caligo illioneus
- Caligo martia
- Caligo oberthurii
- Caligo oedipus
- Caligo oileus
- Caligo placidianus
- Caligo prometheus
- Caligo superbus
- Caligo suzanna
- Caligo telamonius
- Caligo teucer
- Caligo uranus
- Caligo zeuxippus































































































































































