Caligo beltrao
| Purple owl | |
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| Genus: | Caligo
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| Species: | C. beltrao
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| Caligo beltrao Illiger, 1801
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Caligo beltrao, the purple owl, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. The species can be found in Brazil.[1]
The wingspan is about 120 mm.
The larvae feed on Canna indica, Calathea zebrina, Musa species, and Hedychium coronarium.
References[]
- ^ "Caligo Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
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- Caligo
- Fauna of Brazil
- Nymphalidae of South America
- Taxa named by Johann Karl Wilhelm Illiger
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