Caligo idomeneus: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Nymphalidae
- Genus
- Caligo
- Species
- Caligo idomeneus
- Scientific Name
- Caligo idomeneus
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Caligo idomeneus
Caligo idomeneus, the Idomeneus giant owl, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. The species can be found in the Amazon rainforest and eastern Andes, from Venezuela to Ecuador, and south to the Mato Grosso in southern Brazil. The butterfly is named for Idomeneus, the leader of the Cretan army during the Trojan War.
The wingspan is about 110–140 millimetres (4.3–5.5 in).
The larvae feed on Musa species.
...Caligo idomeneus in languages:
- German
- Idomeneus-Bananenfalter
- Russian
- Калиго Идоменей
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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




























































































