Caligo teucer

Teucer owl butterfly
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Caligo
Species:
C. teucer
Binomial name
Caligo teucer
Synonyms
  • Papilio teucer Linnaeus, 1758
  • Caligo teucra Hübner, [1819]
  • Caligo musae Fabricius, 1938
  • Caligo teucer phoroneus Fruhstorfer, 1907
  • Caligo teucer joasa Joicey & Kaye, 1917

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.

  • Dorsal view
    Dorsal view
  • Ventral view
    Ventral view

Subspecies

  • Caligo teucer teucer Linnaeus, 1758
  • 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

  1. ^ Caligo teucer, at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ^ a b Caligo teucer, Learn about Butterflies
  3. ^ "Lepidoptera Breeders Association". Retrieved 2014-01-08.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)


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