Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Nymphalidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Callicore | |
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Similar Callicore lyca, Callicore felderi, Callicore excelsior, Callicore eunomia, Callicore astarte | ||
Callicore mionina is a species of butterfly of the Nymphalidae family, sometimes treated as a subspecies of Callicore lyca as Callicore lyca mionina.
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Distribution
The wingspan is of about 47 mm. The uppersides of the forewings are black with a broad red median band. Also the uppersides of the hindwings are black, with an electric-blue area in the middle. The undersides of the forewing are similar to the upperside but show also a yellow band. The basic colour of the undersides of the hindwings is black, with six pale blue spots in the middle of a black oval surrounded by concentric yellow bands.
Distribution
This species occurs in Colombia.
References
Callicore mionina Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA