OWL BUTTERFLY

Adult owl butterfly (Caligo eurilochus), picture taken in the butterfly greenhouse, the Yvelines, France.

The owl butterfly is called like this because of the round spot on its wings (an ocellus) that recalls the eye of the owl (mimetism). This design helps to put off predators.

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