A Different Owl - _TNY_0326
There are over 20 species of butterflies in the South-American genus Caligo and at "my" local butterfly house, the typical species which "always" can be found there is Caligo telmonius memnon.
I believe this one however is a different species, namely the Teucer owl butterfly (Caligo teucer).
It wouldn't surprise me if I have photographed this one previously and misidentified it as C. memnon.
If you want more tropical butterflies, I have an album with at the time of posting, over 600 shots from the Haga Ocean butterfly house in Solna on the north side of Stockholm, Sweden here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/albums/72157708178863605
A Different Owl - _TNY_0326
There are over 20 species of butterflies in the South-American genus Caligo and at "my" local butterfly house, the typical species which "always" can be found there is Caligo telmonius memnon.
I believe this one however is a different species, namely the Teucer owl butterfly (Caligo teucer).
It wouldn't surprise me if I have photographed this one previously and misidentified it as C. memnon.
If you want more tropical butterflies, I have an album with at the time of posting, over 600 shots from the Haga Ocean butterfly house in Solna on the north side of Stockholm, Sweden here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/albums/72157708178863605