Callicore pygas
| Callicore pygas |
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| Scientific classification |
| Kingdom: |
Animalia |
| Phylum: |
Arthropoda |
| Class: |
Insecta |
| Order: |
Lepidoptera |
| Family: |
Nymphalidae |
| Genus: |
Callicore |
| Species: |
C. pygas |
| Binomial name |
Callicore pygas
(Godart, [1824])[1] |
| Synonyms |
- Nymphalis pygas Godart, [1824]
- Catagramma pygas ophis Fruhstorfer, 1916
- Catagramma pygas paragrias Fruhstorfer, 1916
- Catagramma splendens Oberthür, 1916
- Catagramma splendens coerulea Talbot, 1928
- Catagramma pygas typhla Röber, 1915
- Catagramma cyllene aurantiaca Oberthür, 1916
- Catagramma pygas agrianes Fruhstorfer, 1916
- Catagramma philomena Oberthür, 1916
- Catagramma cyllene madeirensis Dillon, 1948
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Godart's Numberwing or Pygas Eighty-eight (Callicore pygas) is a species of butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Venezuela, Guyana, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay and the upper Amazonian region of Brazil.
The wingspan is about 45 mm.[2] The subspecies differ from each other with regard to the underside markings. In subspecies pygas, the white band and the metallic blue scaling on the hindwing are both replaced by pale sandy yellow. Subspecies eucale is similar to cyllene, except for the submarginal band, which is metallic blue instead of white.[3]
Subspecies
- Callicore pygas pygas (Brazil (Bahia))
- Callicore pygas thamyras (Ménétriés, 1857) (Brazil (Minas Gerais, Mato Grosso), Paraguay)
- Callicore pygas aphidna (Hewitson, 1869) (Venezuela)
- Callicore pygas cyllene (Doubleday, [1847]) (Ecuador, Bolivia, Peru)
- Callicore pygas eucale (Fruhstorfer, 1916) (Brazil (Santa Catarina, Rio Grande do Sul))
- Callicore pygas concolor (Talbot, 1928) (Brazil (Mato Grosso), Paraguay)
- Callicore pygas rondoni (Ribeiro, 1931) (Brazil (Rondônia))
- Callicore pygas lalannensis Brévignon, 1995 (French Guiana)
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