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Papilio eurilochus = Caligo eurilochus (forest giant owl), Phalaena Ilia = Catocala ilia (beloved underwing)
| Subject: | Papilio eurilochus = Caligo eurilochus (forest giant owl), Phalaena Ilia = Catocala ilia (beloved underwing)
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Plate XXXIII
A: "(Papilio) Eurilochus" ( = Caligo eurilochus, iconotype?)
B, C: "(Phalaena) Ilia" ( = Catocala ilia, iconotype?)
Date 1779
Source "De uitlandsche kapellen: voorkomende in de drie waereld-deelen Asia, Africa en America = Papillons exotiques des trois parties du monde, l'Asie, l'Afrique et l'Amérique" This file comes from the Biodiversity Heritage Library, and is available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/title/43777 or on Open Library Organisation http://www.archive.org/stream/deuitlandschekap11779cram#page/n179/mode/2up
Author Pieter Cramer (1721 - 1776) and Caspar Stoll (between 1725 and 1730 - 1791)
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cramer%26Stoll-uitlandsche_kapellen_vol._1-_plate_033.jpg
A. Papilio eurilochus = Caligo eurilochus (forest giant owl)
Caligo eurilochus, the forest giant owl, is an owl butterfly (tribe Brassolini of nymphalid subfamily Morphinae) ranging from Mexico, through Central America, to the Amazon River basin in South America. It is a very large butterfly, among the largest in its family, with a wingspan up to 17 centimetres.
B, C: Phalaena Ilia = Catocala ilia (beloved underwing)
Catocala ilia, the Ilia underwing, beloved underwing or wife underwing, is a moth of the family Erebidae. It can be found in the eastern part of the United States as well as southern Canada. The larvae feed on oak, including black, burr, red, and white oaks.
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Scientific Name: Caligo eurilochus
Family: Nymphalidae
Subfamily: Brassolinae
FW Length: 77-91 mm.
Geographic Range: Widespread and common from sea level to 1600 m, on both slopes, in association with wet forest habitats. |
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