''Caligo beltrao'', the purple owl, is a

butterfly Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the Order (biology), order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The ...

of the family Nymphalidae. The species can be found in

Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

."''Caligo'' Hübner, [1819]"
at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms'' The wingspan">819]"">"''Caligo'' Hübner, [1819]"
at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms'' The wingspan is about 120 mm. The larvae feed on ''Canna indica'', ''Calathea zebrina'', ''Musa (genus), Musa'' species, and ''Hedychium coronarium''.

References

Caligo Fauna of Brazil Nymphalidae of South America Taxa named by Johann Karl Wilhelm Illiger Butterflies described in 1801 {{Morphinae-stub