Caligo beltrao
Appearance
(Redirected from Purple owl)
Purple owl | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Caligo |
Species: | C. beltrao
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Binomial name | |
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
[edit]- ^ "Caligo Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms