Caligo oedipus
Species of butterfly
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Caligo oedipus, the boomerang owl, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. The species can be found from Central America to Colombia.[1]
| Boomerang owl | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Caligo |
| Species: | C. oedipus |
| Binomial name | |
| Caligo oedipus Stichel, 1903 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Subspecies
- C. o. fruhstorferi Stichel, 1904
- C. o. oedipus
