Callicore pygas

Godart's Numberwing
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Callicore
Species: C. pygas
Binomial name
Callicore pygas
(Godart, [1824])[1]
Synonyms
  • Nymphalis pygas Godart, [1824]
  • Catagramma pygas ophis Fruhstorfer, 1916
  • Catagramma pygas paragrias Fruhstorfer, 1916
  • Catagramma splendens Oberthür, 1916
  • Catagramma splendens coerulea Talbot, 1928
  • Catagramma pygas typhla Röber, 1915
  • Catagramma cyllene aurantiaca Oberthür, 1916
  • Catagramma pygas agrianes Fruhstorfer, 1916
  • Catagramma philomena Oberthür, 1916
  • Catagramma cyllene madeirensis Dillon, 1948

Godart's Numberwing or Pygas Eighty-eight (Callicore pygas) 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.[2] 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.[3]

Subspecies

References

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