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One Of Many Beautiful Butterflies To Be Found At Chester Zoo !
The Owl Butterfly is a beautiful, interesting larger butterfly with an amazing built in protection system. It has what appears to be large eyes, that would be more fitting of a larger predator than a fragile, beautiful butterfly. As needed, these eyes trick other creatures that would normally make the Owl Butterfly a snack or meal !
Butterflies in the genus Caligo are commonly called Owl butterflies, after their huge eyespots, which resemble owls' eyes ! They are found in the rainforests and secondary forests of Mexico, Central, and South America !
Owl butterflies are very large, 65–200 mm (2.6–7.9 in), and fly only a few metres at a time, so avian predators have little difficulty in following them to their settling place ! However, the butterflies preferentially fly in dusk, when few avian predators are around ! The Latin name may possibly refer to their active periods. Caligo means darkness !
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One Of Many Beautiful Butterflies To Be Found At Chester Zoo !
The Owl Butterfly is a beautiful, interesting larger butterfly with an amazing built in protection system. It has what appears to be large eyes, that would be more fitting of a larger predator than a fragile, beautiful butterfly. As needed, these eyes trick other creatures that would normally make the Owl Butterfly a snack or meal !
Butterflies in the genus Caligo are commonly called Owl butterflies, after their huge eyespots, which resemble owls' eyes ! They are found in the rainforests and secondary forests of Mexico, Central, and South America !
Owl butterflies are very large, 65–200 mm (2.6–7.9 in), and fly only a few metres at a time, so avian predators have little difficulty in following them to their settling place ! However, the butterflies preferentially fly in dusk, when few avian predators are around ! The Latin name may possibly refer to their active periods. Caligo means darkness !
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All My Photographic Images Are Subject To Copyright ! Each Of My Photographs Remain My Intellectual Property ! All Rights Are Reserved And As Such, Do Not Use, Modify, Copy, Edit, Distribute Or Publish Any Of My Photographs ! If You Wish To Use Any Of My Photographs For Any Reproductive Purposes, Or Other Uses, My Written Permission Is Specifically Required, Contact Me Via Flickr Mail !