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Saturated - _TNY_0581

The yellow-edged giant owl butterfly (Caligo atreus) is distinctly more saturated in it's colouration than the other, more common Caligo species at the Haga Ocean butterfly house. Both the ventral side here as well as the dorsal side with a band in mango yellow and deep purple.

 

Unfortunately, these are seldom intersted in showing the open wings - this 2022 shot is the closest I've gotten so far: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/52413402820/

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Uploaded on February 15, 2025
Taken on February 6, 2025