Caligo teucer: taxon details and analytics

Domain
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Caligo
Species: Caligo teucer
Scientific Name: Caligo teucer

Summary description from Wikipedia:

Caligo teucer

Caligo teucer, the Teucer owl butterfly is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It was described by Carl Linnaeus his 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae. It is found from Colombia and Venezuela to Bolivia and Paraguay. The habitat consists of rainforests and cloudforests at altitudes ranging from 400 to 1,400 meters.

The wingspan is about 100 mm.

The larvae feed on Heliconia and Musa species.

Caligo teucer in languages:

English: Teucer owl butterfly
Japanese: テウケルフクロウチョウ

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