Caligo telamonius is a brush-footed butterfly (family Nymphalidae). The species was first described by Cajetan von Felder and Rudolf Felder in 1862. It is found in southern North America, Central America, and South America.[1][2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Subfamily: | Satyrinae |
| Tribe: | Brassolini |
| Genus: | Caligo |
| Species: | C. telamonius
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Subspecies
editTwo subspecies belong to the species Caligo telamonius:
References
edit- ^ "Caligo telamonius". GBIF. Retrieved 2020-12-12.
- ^ Savela, Markku, ed. (September 26, 2016). "Caligo telamonius (C. & R. Felder, 1862)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved December 12, 2020.
Further reading
edit- Pohl, Greg; Patterson, Bob; Pelham, Jonathan (2016). Annotated taxonomic checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico (Report). doi:10.13140/RG.2.1.2186.3287.
External links
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