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Owl Butterfly

caligo brasiliensis sulanus

Habitat:

butterfly garden



1 species ID suggestions

Owl Butterfly
caligo brasiliensis sulanus Caligo brasiliensis sulanus Fruhstorfer, 1904

5 Comments

LarryGraziano
LarryGraziano 11 months ago

this is a real good educated guess along with some homework from some books I have. You are right...too many types! butterfly conservatories are awesome....until you are confused by a Caligo that came from Germany!

jansonjones
jansonjones 11 months ago

Ig, you're probably right. I know Caligo, but that's as far as I can take it. Especially from a butterfly garden. So many of them! (I do adore butterfly conservatories!)

LarryGraziano
LarryGraziano 11 months ago

I agree janson...this is a caligo. I suggested caligo brasiliensis sulanus. I am pretty sure I am correct.

EricEllison
EricEllison 11 months ago

in captivity, a butterfly garden

jansonjones
jansonjones 11 months ago

Definitely genus Caligo, though I'm not sure of the species. Looks like Caligo eurilochus, but I'm not sure about range. Was this in captivity? Or in the wild?

Konstanz, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Lat: 47.71, Long: 9.19

Spotted on Jun 15, 2012
Submitted on Jun 15, 2012

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