Cassia's owl-butterfly
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Identification: The wings are dark brown on the upperside with a yellow band from mid-costa to tornus on the forewings, and yellow submargin from the apex to a little below mid-termen on the hindwings. The forewings have three small subapical markings. The underside of the wings is a blotchy brown. The forewings have a black subapical ocellus with a thin bluish crescent and yellow and dark brown outlines. The hindwings have two brown ocelli, one (larger) at mid-costa and one above the tornus, each with a white crescent and a black outline.
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Reported from: Craig, Friendship, Mon Repos & Turkeyen (Region 4), Brotherson, Sandaka & Skeldon (Region 6), Atta Jungle Lodge, Fairview & Iwokrama Forest (Region 8), Aranaputa Mt., Karanambu, Simon and Shock International Logging Inc. concession & Surama Eco-Lodge (Region 9), Demerara