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Owl Butterfly

Caligo sp.

Photo by LyzzHiggins
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

Spotted on St. Thomas USVI

Species ID Suggestions

Owl Butterfly

Caligo sp.

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Comments (1)
MartinL
Nice spotting. Your third pic is a Morpho (Morpho sp.) and should have its own spotting otherwise nobody will notice it. It has vivid blue wings and if you got a photo of the open wings, I would love to see that.

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