Caligo oedipus

Boomerang owl
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Caligo
Species: C. oedipus
Binomial name
Caligo oedipus
Stichel, 1903
Synonyms
  • Caligo oedipus ab. nocturnus Stichel, 1903
  • Caligo oileus hyposchesis Dyar, 1914

Caligo oedipus, the boomerang owl, is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. The species can be found from Central America to Colombia.[1]

Subspecies

References

  1. "Caligo Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms


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