Caligo teucer
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Teucer owl butterfly | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Caligo |
Species: | C. teucer
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Binomial name | |
Caligo teucer | |
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Caligo teucer, the Teucer owl butterfly[2] is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It was described by Carl Linnaeus his 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae. 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)
References
- ^ Caligo teucer, at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ a b Caligo teucer, Learn about Butterflies
- ^ "Lepidoptera Breeders Association". Archived from the original on 2014-01-08. Retrieved 2014-01-08.
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