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Callicore eunomia

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Species of butterfly

Eunomia eighty-eight
From Peru
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Callicore
Species: C. eunomia
Binomial name
Callicore eunomia
(Hewitson, 1853)
Synonyms
  • Catagramma eunomia Hewitson, 1853
  • Catagramma eunomia carmen Oberthür, 1916

Callicore eunomia, the Eunomia eighty-eight or Eunomia numberwing, is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in the upper Amazonian region, from Colombia and Guyana to Brazil, Peru, and Bolivia.

The wingspan is 30–40 mm.Renowned lepidopterist William Chapman Hewitson provided the first description of the "eighty-eight" in 1853. As of 2023, it has been returned to placement in Catagramma.

Subspecies

  • Callicore eunomia eunomia (Ecuador, Peru)
  • Callicore eunomia incarnata (Röber, 1915) (Bolivia, Peru)
  • Callicore eunomia valeriae Neild, 1996 (Venezuela)
  • Callicore eunomia ferrerorum Attal, 2000 (Venezuela)
  • Callicore eunomia alani Attal & Crosson du Cormier, 2003

References

  1. "Callicore Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Butterflies of Amazonia
  3. "butterflycorner". Archived from the original on 2015-04-14. Retrieved 2011-05-22.
Taxon identifiers
Callicore eunomia
Catagramma eunomia


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