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Morpho peleides
I apologize, Mauricio, but the last one is definitely a Caligo sp.!
Hey Juan,It's the same one in all pictures...
mmm, the bright blue butterfly is a Blue Morpho (Morpho peleides), but the butterfly with the big "eye" on the wing is a different specie, Caligo memnon
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The eye spots on the butterfly on the last shot are very much like those of the Owl butterfly, Caligo memnonhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caligo_memn...
Spotted on Sep 16, 2011 Submitted on Sep 27, 2011
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I apologize, Mauricio, but the last one is definitely a Caligo sp.!
Hey Juan,
It's the same one in all pictures...
mmm, the bright blue butterfly is a Blue Morpho (Morpho peleides), but the butterfly with the big "eye" on the wing is a different specie, Caligo memnon
i like all
The eye spots on the butterfly on the last shot are very much like those of the Owl butterfly, Caligo memnon
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caligo_memn...