Caligo oedipus

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

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

Subspecies
  • C. o. fruhstorferi Stichel, 1904
  • C. o. oedipus

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


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