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Gold-edged Owl Butterfly

Caligo uranus

Photo by Chris Carille
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Joel Paula
Thanks, I changed the description on my photo to match this one.
Chris Carille
They were yellow and blue. I actually caught it and spread its wings for a photo, but the photo came out terrible. Morpho butterflies are similar to the Caligo genus, but the Caligo butterflies have eye-spots on their wings....hence the name "owl" butterflies. :-)
Joel Paula
Are the insides of the wings blue on this butterfly? I think I photographed the same species in Ecuador, and thought it was a blue morpho..

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