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johnpeten San Andres, Peten, Guatemala Sep 29, 2008

This is a small butterfly with a snake's head on its wings. They come a lot larger than this and when they come into the house one thinks they could be a bat.

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claypa West Pottsgrove, PA(Zone 6b) Sep 29, 2008

Or an owl maybe? Genus Caligo:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owl_butterfly

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wallaby1 Lincoln, United Kingdom(Zone 8a) Oct 07, 2008

I missed this one, claypa is right, it is an Owl butterfly and there is a pic onthe Wiki link of Caligo Memnon which matches!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Caligo_Memnon_Owl_Butterfly.jpg

http://images.google.co.uk/images?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&q=Caligo%20Memnon&um=1&sa=N&tab=wi

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johnpeten San Andres, Peten, Guatemala Oct 07, 2008

Caligo Memnon
Yes it certainly is a very different butterfly with a spectacular design. We don't have Owls here and when turned on it's back I thought it was a snake head with the mouth on the left. I have only seen these when they come into the house at night never in the garden. I am guessing they live in the woods.

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