Callicore excelsior
| Callicore excelsior |
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| Scientific classification |
| Kingdom: |
Animalia |
| Phylum: |
Arthropoda |
| Class: |
Insecta |
| Order: |
Lepidoptera |
| Family: |
Nymphalidae |
| Genus: |
Callicore |
| Species: |
C. excelsior |
| Binomial name |
Callicore excelsior
(Hewitson, [1858])[1] |
| Synonyms |
- Catagramma excelsior Hewitson, [1858]
- Catagramma excelsior uaupensis Dillon, 1948
- Catagramma oberthüri Skinner, 1916 (preocc. Niepelt, [1914])
- Catagramma oberthueri Skinner, 1916
- Callicore excelsior coruscans Röber, 1921
- Catagramma latimargo Hering, 1932
- Catagramma arirambae albifasciata Röber, 1924
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The Superb Numberwing or Excelsior Eighty-eight (Callicore excelsior) is a species of butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil, and Bolivia.[2]
Adults are black on the upper surface of the wings, with a metallic deep blue sheen on the hindwings, and a broad arc of orange or red on the forewings.
Subspecies
- Callicore excelsior excelsior (Brazil (Amazonas))
- Callicore excelsior inferior (Butler, 1877) (Ecuador, Peru)
- Callicore excelsior excelsissima (Staudinger, [1885]) (Brazil (Amazonas))
- Callicore excelsior pastazza (Staudinger, 1886) (Peru)
- Callicore excelsior michaeli (Staudinger, 1890) (Brazil (Amazonas, Mato Grosso))
- Callicore excelsior splendida (Weymer, 1890) (Peru)
- Callicore excelsior arirambae (Ducke, 1913) (Brazil (Pará, Amazonas))
- Callicore excelsior elatior (Oberthür, 1916) (Ecuador)
- Callicore excelsior ockendeni (Oberthür, 1916) (Peru)
- Callicore excelsior micheneri (Dillon, 1948) (Colombia, Ecuador)
- Callicore excelsior mauensis (Fassl, 1922) (Brazil (Amazonas))
- Callicore excelsior marisolae Neukirchen, 1995 (Brazil (Amazonas))
References