Bia actorion
| Uncertain owlet | |
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| Upper and underside of mounted specimens (nominate subspecies) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Bia |
| Species: | B. actorion
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| Binomial name | |
| Bia actorion (Stoll, 1780)
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Bia actorion, the uncertain owlet, bia owl or Actorion owlet, is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in the upper Amazon areas of Brazil, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia.
Bia actorion is a large brown butterfly with a very pointed anal angle on the hindwings. It has a dark eyespot on the forewings in a submarginal position at e5, more visible on the underside.
The larvae feed on Astrocaryum murumuru and Geonoma species.