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Caligo brasiliensis (Brazilian Owl)

Synonyms: Caligo phryasus; Pavonia brasiliensis

Wikipedia Abstract

The Brazilian Owl, Sulanus Owl, and Almond-eyed Owl (Caligo brasiliensis) is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. The species can be found in most of South America as various subspecies, including Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela, and Ecuador. Its range extends through Trinidad, Honduras, Guatemala, and Panama north to Mexico. The larvae of the nominate subspecies have been recorded on Euterpe edulis, Musa spp., and Hedychium coronarium. The larvae of subspecies sulanus have been recorded on Heliconia, Calathea, and Musa species.
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Infraspecies

Prey / Diet

Euterpe edulis (Assai palm)[1]
Hedychium coronarium (white garland-lily)[1]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0