Caligo brasiliensis: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Nymphalidae
- Genus
- Caligo
- Species
- Caligo brasiliensis
- Scientific Name
- Caligo brasiliensis
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Caligo brasiliensis
Caligo brasiliensis, the Brazilian owl, sulanus owl, or almond-eyed owl, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. The species can be found in most of South America as various subspecies, including Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela and Ecuador. Its range extends through Trinidad, Honduras, Guatemala and Panama north to Mexico.
The larvae of the nominate subspecies have been recorded on Euterpe edulis, Musa species, and Hedychium coronarium. The larvae of subspecies sulanus have been recorded on Heliconia, Calathea, and Musa species.
...Caligo brasiliensis in languages:
- English
- Dark Owl-Butterfly
Images from inaturalist.org observations:
We recommend you sign up for this excellent, free service.
Parent Taxon
Sibling 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































































































































































