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Banded Owl-Butterfly

Caligo atreus dionysos

Description:

The Yellow-edged Giant Owl (Caligo atreus) is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. The species can be found from Mexico to Peru. The wingspan is 140–160 mm.. Adults feed on juices of rotting fruit.

Habitat:

The species can be found in the rainforests and secondary forests of Mexico down to the Amazon rainforest.

1 Species ID Suggestions

bayucca
bayucca 10 years ago
Banded Owl-Butterfly
Caligo atreus dionysos Caligo atreus dionysos Fruhstorfer, 1912


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2 Comments

bayucca
bayucca 10 years ago

IDing is the other part of the exciting game!! Keep going on!

pamsai
pamsai 10 years ago

thanks bayucca... Golly, without you and the other pn-ers, most of my ID's would be wrong. Guess I'm better at taking the photos than naming them! Still I'll keep trying!

pamsai
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pamsai

Cartago, Costa Rica

Spotted on Jul 14, 2013
Submitted on Aug 31, 2013

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