Caligo telamonius

Caligo telamonius
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Subfamily:	Satyrinae
Tribe:	Brassolini
Genus:	Caligo
Species:	C. telamonius
Binomial name
Caligo telamonius (C. Felder & R. Felder, 1862)
Synonyms
Pavonia telamonius C. Felder & R. Felder, 1862

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]

Subspecies

Two subspecies belong to the species Caligo telamonius:

• Caligo telamonius memnon
• Caligo telamonius menus

References

1. "Caligo telamonius". GBIF. Retrieved 2020-12-12.
2. Savela, Markku, ed. (September 26, 2016). "Caligo telamonius (C. & R. Felder, 1862)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved December 12, 2020.

Further reading

• 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

• Media related to Caligo telamonius at Wikimedia Commons