Oileus giant owl
Caligo oileus umbratilis, underside
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Caligo
Species:	C. oileus
Binomial name
Caligo oileus C. & R. Felder, 1861
Synonyms
Pavonia scamanderBoisduval, 1870 Caligo oileus var. philademusStaudinger, 1887 Caligo phorbasRöber, 1904 Caligo oileus philinosFruhstorfer, 1903

Caligo oileus, the Oileus giant owl, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae.

The species can be found from Mexico to northern South America.

The larvae feed on Heliconia and Musa species.

Subspecies

• Caligo oileus oileus (Venezuela, Colombia)
• Caligo oileus scamander(Boisduval, 1870) (Colombia, Ecuador)
• Caligo oileus umbratilisStichel, 1903 (Peru)

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Caligo oileus .

Wikispecies has information related to Caligo .

• Caligo oileus at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
• Oileus Owl butterfly ^[usurped] , Learn about Butterflies
• Caligo oileus scamander, Butterflies of America

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