Callicore lyca

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

Similar Callicore astarte, Callicore eunomia, Callicore tolima, Callicore excelsior, Callicore

Callicore lyca, the Aegina numberwing, is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found from the south of Mexico to Peru.

Subspecies

The following subspecies are recognised:

C. l. lyca in Mexico

C. l. mionina (Hewitson, 1855) in Colombia

C. l. aegina (C. & R. Felder, 1861) in southern Peru – Aegina numberwing or Aegina beauty

C. l. salamis (C. & R. Felder, 1862)

C. l. aerias (Godman & Salvin, 1883) in Guatemala, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama

C. l. mena (Staudinger, 1886) in Peru

C. l. odilia (Oberthür, 1916) in Colombia

C. l. exultans (Fruhstorfer, 1916) in Bolivia

C. l. bella (Röber, 1924) in Colombia

C. l. sticheli (Dillon, 1948) in Colombia

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