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Caligo beltrao

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Purple owl
File:Caligo beltrao.JPG
Scientific 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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