Purple owl | |
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Scientific 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
- "Caligo Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
Taxon identifiers | |
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Caligo beltrao |
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