Caligo oedipus

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

The Boomerang Owl (Caligo oedipus) is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. The species can be found from Central America to Colombia.[1]

Subspecies

References

  1. Caligo, funet.fi


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