Misplaced Pages

Caligo beltrao

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
Species of insect

Purple owl
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Caligo
Species: C. beltrao
Binomial name
Caligo beltrao
Illiger, 1801

Caligo beltrao, the purple owl, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. The species can be found in Brazil.

The wingspan is about 120 mm.

The larvae feed on Canna indica, Calathea zebrina, Musa species, and Hedychium coronarium.

References

  1. "Caligo Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
Taxon identifiers
Caligo beltrao
Stub icon

This Morphinae article is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

Categories: