Callicore eunomia

Eunomia Eighty-eight
Callicore eunomia from Peru. Mounted specimen
Ventral view
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Callicore
Species: C. eunomia
Binomial name
Callicore eunomia
(Hewitson, 1853)[1]
Synonyms
  • Catagramma eunomia Hewitson, 1853
  • Catagramma eunomia carmen Oberthür, 1916

The Eunomia Eighty-eight or Eunomia Numberwing (Callicore eunomia) is a species of butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in the upper Amazonian region, from Colombia and Guyana to Brazil, Peru, and Bolivia.[2]

The wingspan is 30–40 mm.[3] Adults are black with a broad, orange or red area on the forewings and a blue area on the hindwings. There is a rare form, ab. confluens, found in central Peru, in which the black markings on the underside are greatly enlarged.

Renowned lepidopterist William Chapman Hewitson provided the first description of the 'Eighty-eight' in 1853.

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References

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