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Caligo oedipus

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Species of butterfly

Boomerang owl
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Caligo
Species: C. oedipus
Binomial name
Caligo oedipus
Stichel, 1903
Synonyms
  • Caligo oedipus ab. nocturnus Stichel, 1903
  • Caligo oileus hyposchesis Dyar, 1914

Caligo oedipus, the boomerang owl, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. The species can be found from Central America to Colombia.

Subspecies

  • C. o. fruhstorferi Stichel, 1904
  • C. o. oedipus

References

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


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