Caligo atreus 7 larvae

Caligo atreus Costa Rica

This is the finest of all the South American Owl butterflies. We have never offered livestock of this species before. Another FIRST. 

The natural food is leaves of the Banana tree, but they have been recorded as accepting leaves of Canna, Calathea, Strelitzia and even Bamboo, but they may not always accept Bamboo, or thrive as well on it.