Caligo oileus
| Oileus giant owl | |
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| Caligo oileus umbratilis, underside | |
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| Genus: | Caligo
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| Species: | C. oileus
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| Caligo oileus C. & R. Felder, 1861
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Topside
Male (underside), from Musée d'histoire naturelle de Lille
Caligo oileus, the Oileus giant owl, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae.
The species can be found from Mexico to northern South America.
The larvae feed on Heliconia and Musa species.
Subspecies[]
- Caligo oileus oileus (Venezuela, Colombia)
- Caligo oileus scamander (Boisduval, 1870) (Colombia, Ecuador)
- Caligo oileus umbratilis Stichel, 1903 (Peru)
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- Caligo oileus at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- Oileus Owl butterfly, Learn about Butterflies
- Caligo oileus scamander, Butterflies of America
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Categories:
- Butterflies described in 1861
- Caligo
- Nymphalidae of South America
- Butterflies of North America
- Taxa named by Baron Cajetan von Felder
- Taxa named by Rudolf Felder
- Morphinae stubs