''Caligo oedipus'', the boomerang owl, is a

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

of the family

Nymphalidae The Nymphalidae are the largest family of butterflies, with more than 6,000 species distributed throughout most of the world. Belonging to the superfamily Papilionoidea, they are usually medium-sized to large butterflies. Most species have a re ...

. The species can be found from

Central America Central America ( es, América Central or ) is a subregion of the Americas. Its boundaries are defined as bordering the United States to the north, Colombia to the south, the Caribbean Sea to the east, and the Pacific Ocean to the west. ...

to Colombia."''Caligo'' Hübner, [1819]"
at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''

Subspecies

*''C. o. fruhstorferi'' Stichel, 1904 *''C. o. oedipus''

References

Butterflies described in 1903 Caligo Butterflies of Central America Nymphalidae of South America Taxa named by Hans Ferdinand Emil Julius Stichel {{Morphinae-stub