Catacore

Kolyma Eighty-eight

Catacore kolyma Figures 5, 6
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Subfamily:	Biblidinae
Tribe:	Callicorini
Genus:	Catacore Dillon, 1948
Species:	C. kolyma
Binomial name
*Catacore kolyma* (Hewitson, 1851)
Synonyms
Catagramma kolyma Hewitson, 1851 Catagramma kolyma confluens Oberthür, 1916 (preocc. Oberthür, 1916) Catagramma kolyma connecens Talbot, 1928 Catagramma kolyma f. subobscura Niepelt, 1935 Catagramma pasithea Hewitson, 1864

The Kolyma Eighty-eight (Catacore kolyma) is the only species in the genus Catacore. It is a member of the brush-footed butterfly family and is found in the Neotropical Ecozone, ranging from Colombia to Peru.^[1]

Subspecies

C. k. kolyma (Ecuador, Peru, Brazil: Mato Grosso, Amazonas)
C. k. pasithea (Hewitson, 1864) (Ecuador)

References

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