Caligo beltrao

Purple owl
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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.[1]

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
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