| Callicore mionina | |
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| From Colombia | |
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| Ventral view | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Callicore |
| Species: | C. lyca |
| Binomial name | |
| Callicore mionina (Hewitson, 1855) | |
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Callicore mionina is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae, sometimes treated as a subspecies of Callicore lyca as Callicore lyca mionina.
Distribution
The wingspan is of about 47 mm. The uppersides of the forewings are black with a broad red median band. Also the uppersides of the hindwings are black, with an electric-blue area in the middle. The undersides of the forewing are similar to the upperside but show also a yellow band. The basic colour of the undersides of the hindwings is black, with six pale blue spots in the middle of a black oval surrounded by concentric yellow bands.
Distribution
This species occurs in Colombia.
References
- Biolib
- "Callicore Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
External links
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| Callicore mionina | |
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