Caligo teucer

Teucer Owl butterfly
Dorsal view
Ventral view
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Caligo
Species:	C. teucer
Binomial name
Caligo teucer (Linnaeus, 1758)[1]
Synonyms
Papilio teucer Linnaeus, 1758 Caligo teucra Hübner, [1819] Caligo musae Fabricius, 1938 Caligo teucer phoroneus Fruhstorfer, 1907 Caligo teucer joasa Joicey & Kaye, 1917

The Teucer Owl butterfly^[2] (Caligo teucer) is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It was described by Linnaeus in 1758. It is found from Colombia and Venezuela to Bolivia and Paraguay. The habitat consists of rainforests and cloudforests at altitudes ranging from 400 to 1,400 meters.^[2]

The wingspan is about 100 mm.^[3]

The larvae feed on Heliconia and Musa species.

Subspecies

• Caligo teucer teucer
• Caligo teucer ecuadora Joicey & Kaye, 1917 (Ecuador)
• Caligo teucer insulanus Stichel, 1904 (Trinidad)
• Caligo teucer japetus Stichel, 1903 (Paraguay)
• Caligo teucer nubilus Fruhstorfer, 1907 (Guyana)
• Caligo teucer obidonus Fruhstorfer, 1904 (Brazil: Pará, Amazonas)
• Caligo teucer phorkys Fruhstorfer, 1912 (Bolivia)
• Caligo teucer semicaerulea Joicey & Kaye, 1917 (Peru)

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