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Callicore pygas

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Nymphalidae

Scientific name
  
Callicore pygas

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Callicore

Rank
  
Species

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Similar
  
Callicore hydaspes, Callicore, Paulogramma, Callicore astarte, Callicore eunomia

Callicore pygas, the Godart's numberwing or pygas eighty-eight, 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. 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.

Subspecies

  • C. p. pygas (Brazil (Bahia))
  • C. p. thamyras (Ménétriés, 1857) (Brazil (Minas Gerais, Mato Grosso), Paraguay)
  • C. p. aphidna (Hewitson, 1869) (Venezuela)
  • C. p. cyllene (Doubleday, [1847]) (Ecuador, Bolivia, Peru)
  • C. p. eucale (Fruhstorfer, 1916) (Brazil (Santa Catarina, Rio Grande do Sul))
  • C. p. concolor (Talbot, 1928) (Brazil (Mato Grosso), Paraguay)
  • C. p. rondoni (Ribeiro, 1931) (Brazil (Rondônia))
  • C. p. lalannensis Brévignon, 1995 (French Guiana)
  • References

    Callicore pygas Wikipedia