Caligo brasiliensis, the Brazilian owl, sulanus owl, or almond-eyed owl,[1] is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. The species can be found in most of South America as various subspecies, including Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela and Ecuador. Its range extends through Trinidad, Honduras, Guatemala and Panama north to Mexico.
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| Almond-eyed Owl Butterfly | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Caligo |
| Species: | C. brasiliensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Caligo brasiliensis (Baron Cajetan von Felder, 1862)
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The larvae of the nominate subspecies have been recorded on Euterpe edulis, Musa species, and Hedychium coronarium. The larvae of subspecies sulanus have been recorded on Heliconia, Calathea, and Musa species.
Subspecies edit
- Caligo brasiliensis brasiliensis (Brazil)
- Caligo brasiliensis galba (Colombia)
- Caligo brasiliensis caesius (Venezuela)
- Caligo brasiliensis morpheus (Ecuador, Colombia)
- Caligo brasiliensis minor (Trinidad)
- Caligo brasiliensis sulanus (Honduras, Guatemala, Panama, Mexico)
References edit
- ^ Glassberg, J. (2007). A Swift Guide to the Butterflies of Mexico and Central America. Sunstreak Books, p.132.
External links edit
- Caligo brasiliensis sulanus, Mariposas Mexicanas
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