Dusky Owl-Butterfly

Caligo illioneus pampeiro

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae

Caligo illioneus, the Illioneus giant owl, is an owl butterfly belonging to the nymphalid family, Morphinae subfamily, tribe Brassolini. Etymology The genus Latin name Caligo means "darkness" and may refer to the active periods, as these butterflies preferentially fly in dusk. The specific name illioneus derives from Ilionesus, a Trojan companion of Aeneas in Virgil's Aeneid.

Distribution

Dusky Owl-Butterfly — (c) Carlos Otávio Gussoni, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

Argentina · 5Brazil · 3

Sources and credits

Photo(c) Carlos Otávio Gussoni, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY DescriptionCaligo illioneus, Wikipedia contributors

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