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Owl Butterfly, Borboleta Coruja(Brazil)

Eryphanis reevesii

8 Comments

bayucca
bayucca 12 years ago

Hi, hi, chercher la femme... The female is usually brighter with less contrasts compared with the male.

rubens.luciano
rubens.luciano 12 years ago

bayucca, how do you know it´s a female ?

rubens.luciano
rubens.luciano 12 years ago

Thanks bayucca, ID corrected. Another link for reference: http://www.lepidoptera.datahosting.com.b...

bayucca
bayucca 12 years ago

I apologize, but it is not a Caligo sp., but Eryphanis reevesii, female.

rubens.luciano
rubens.luciano 12 years ago

Thanks Ismael and Gerardo !

Ismael Chaves
Ismael Chaves 12 years ago

Excellent spotting

Ismael Chaves
Ismael Chaves 12 years ago

OMG! What a gorgeous butterfly

Gerardo Aizpuru
Gerardo Aizpuru 12 years ago

Wonderful!

rubens.luciano
Spotted by
rubens.luciano

São Paulo, Brazil

Spotted on Feb 20, 2012
Submitted on Feb 20, 2012

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