Callicore excelsior

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Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Nymphalidae Scientific name Callicore excelsior		Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Callicore Rank Species

Similar Callicore cynosura, Callicore eunomia, Callicore lyca, Callicore felderi, Callicore astarte

Callicore excelsior, the superb numberwing or excelsior eighty-eight, is a species of butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil, and Bolivia.

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

C. e. excelsior (Brazil (Amazonas))

C. e. inferior (Butler, 1877) (Ecuador, Peru)

C. e. excelsissima (Staudinger, [1885]) (Brazil (Amazonas))

C. e. pastazza (Staudinger, 1886) (Peru)

C. e. michaeli (Staudinger, 1890) (Brazil (Amazonas, Mato Grosso))

C. e. splendida (Weymer, 1890) (Peru)

C. e. arirambae (Ducke, 1913) (Brazil (Pará, Amazonas))

C. e. elatior (Oberthür, 1916) (Ecuador)

C. e. ockendeni (Oberthür, 1916) (Peru)

C. e. micheneri (Dillon, 1948) (Colombia, Ecuador)

C. e. mauensis (Fassl, 1922) (Brazil (Amazonas))

C. e. marisolae Neukirchen, 1995 (Brazil (Amazonas))

References

Callicore excelsior Wikipedia

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