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Caligo memnon C. & R. Felder, 1866

Имаго Caligo memnon

Taxonomy

class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Papilionoidea → family Nymphalidae → subfamily Morphinae → tribe Brassolini → subtribe Brassolina → genus Caligo → species Caligo memnon

Species name(s)

Caligo memnon C. & R. Felder, 1866 = Caligo telamonius memnon (C. & R. Felder, [1867]) = Pavonia memnon C. & R. Felder, [1867] = Pavonia dardanus Boisduval, 1870 = Caligo memnon memnon = Pavonia dardanus Boisduval, 1870. [9, 85, 187]

Giant Owl Butterfly.

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Expansion

Zoogeographical regions

Neotropic.

Primary colors

Yellow, Brown/Gray/Black.

Имаго Caligo memnon

Subspecies of Caligo memnon

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Peter Khramov, Irina Nikulina.

The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov.

References

Comments

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04.09.2014 1:39, Peter Khramov

Dim, about subspecies still relevant?

12.10.2011 20:06, Dmitriy Pozhogin

Do not look. Now it is a subspecies of Caligo telamonius (C. & R. Felder, 1862)
Source
Gerardo Lamas, 2004; Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera; Checklist: Part 4A; Hesperioidea - Papilionoidea

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