Caligo oedipus, the boomerang owl, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. The species can be found from Central America to Colombia.[1]

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

Subspecies

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

References

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