Dark owl-butterfly
Caligo brasiliensis
The dark owl-butterfly is a big butterfly from the warm forests of the Americas. It lives from Brazil all the way up to Mexico. Its caterpillars like to eat banana plants.
Lives in
South and Central America, from Brazil to Mexico, and the island of Trinidad
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. It is a butterfly that does not bite or sting.
What does it eat?
Its caterpillars eat the leaves of banana plants, palms, ginger lilies and other big-leaved plants.
How fast is it?
A person walking about 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
A kid running fast about 13 km/h (8.1 mph)
Dark owl-butterfly about 15 km/h (9.3 mph)
A grown-up on a bike about 25 km/h (16 mph)
cool stuff
Fun facts
1
It has many names, such as the Brazilian owl and the almond-eyed owl.
2
There are six kinds, or subspecies, of it, each living in a different part of its range.
3
Its caterpillars have been found on banana plants, palms and plants with big leaves called Heliconia.
you asked
Most asked questions about Dark owl-butterfly
?What does the owl butterfly caterpillar eat?
Leaves of banana plants, palms, ginger lilies and Heliconia.
?Where does the dark owl-butterfly live?
In South and Central America, from Brazil to Mexico.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Caligo brasiliensis
- Group
- Butterflies
- Family
- Nymphalidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Nymphalidae
- Lives on
- South America, North America
- Also known as
- Brazilian owl, Sulanus owl, Almond-eyed owl
Where the facts come from
- Caligo brasiliensis (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by Charlie Jackson. CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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