Callicore pygas

Godart's Numberwing
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

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)

References

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