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Teucer Owl-Butterfly
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Butterflies & moths

Teucer Owl-Butterfly

Caligo teucer (Linnaeus, 1758)

Names

EnglishTeucer Owl-Butterfly
Dutch—
Spanish—
Chinese—
Sranan Tongokapelka (general name for the group)
Scientific nameCaligo teucer (Linnaeus, 1758)

About this species

Caligo teucer, the Teucer owl butterfly 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.

The wingspan is about 100 mm.

The larvae feed on Heliconia and Musa species.

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderLepidoptera
FamilyNymphalidae
GenusCaligo

In Suriname

19Records in Suriname
16iNaturalist observations
1939First record
2024Latest record

Where it has been recorded

  • Nickerie7
  • Paramaribo5
  • Wanica1
  • Saramacca1
  • Sipaliwini1

Districts with at least one record that has coordinates. Shaded districts have records.

Records by month

All years combined.

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