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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  Callicore excelsior pastazza, underside of museum specimen

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  Callicore excelsior pastazza, topside of museum specimen

Subspecies

• Callicore excelsior excelsior (Brazil (Amazonas))
• Callicore excelsior inferior (Butler, 1877) (Ecuador, Peru)
• Callicore excelsior excelsissima (Staudinger, [1885]) (Brazil (Amazonas))
• Callicore excelsior pastazza (Staudinger, 1886) (Peru)
• Callicore excelsior michaeli (Staudinger, 1890) (Brazil (Amazonas, Mato Grosso))
• Callicore excelsior splendida (Weymer, 1890) (Peru)
• Callicore excelsior arirambae (Ducke, 1913) (Brazil (Pará, Amazonas))
• Callicore excelsior elatior (Oberthür, 1916) (Ecuador)
• Callicore excelsior ockendeni (Oberthür, 1916) (Peru)
• Callicore excelsior micheneri (Dillon, 1948) (Colombia, Ecuador)
• Callicore excelsior mauensis (Fassl, 1922) (Brazil (Amazonas))
• Callicore excelsior marisolae Neukirchen, 1995 (Brazil (Amazonas))

References

1. Callicore at funet
2. Butterflies of Amazonia