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Daring Owl-Butterfly
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Daring Owl-Butterfly

Dynastor darius

Dynastor darius, also known as the daring-owl butterfly, is a species of butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. the Daring-owl butterfly is best known for its caterpillar's resemblance to a python as a form of Batesian mimicry. It is native to Central and South America.

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 258032.