Callicore excelsior

Callicore excelsior
Tambopata Park, Peru
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Callicore
Species: C. excelsior
Binomial name
Callicore excelsior
(Hewitson, [1858])[1]
Synonyms
  • Catagramma excelsior Hewitson, [1858]
  • Catagramma excelsior uaupensis Dillon, 1948
  • Catagramma oberthüri Skinner, 1916 (preocc. Niepelt, [1914])
  • Catagramma oberthueri Skinner, 1916
  • Callicore excelsior coruscans Röber, 1921
  • Catagramma latimargo Hering, 1932
  • Catagramma arirambae albifasciata Röber, 1924

The Superb Numberwing or Excelsior Eighty-eight (Callicore excelsior) is a species of butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil, and Bolivia.[2]

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.

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References

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