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Catagramma pygas

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(Redirected from Callicore pygas) Species of butterfly

Godart's numberwing
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Catagramma
Species: C. pygas
Binomial name
Catagramma pygas
(Godart, )
Synonyms
  • Nymphalis pygas Godart,
  • Callicore pygas (Godart, )
  • 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

Catagramma pygas, the Godart's numberwing or pygas eighty-eight, is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Venezuela, Guyana, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay and the upper Amazonian region of Brazil.

Description

The wingspan is about 45 mm. Its common name refers to the black and white patterns on the undersides of its hindwings that resemble the number "88". Similar "eighty-eight" patterns are found in other species of the genus and related genera such as Diaethria and Perisama.

Subspecies

  • C. p. aphidna Hewitson, 1869 - Venezuela
  • C. p. concolor Talbot, 1928 - Brazil (Mato Grosso), Paraguay)
  • C. p. cyllene Doubleday, - Ecuador, Bolivia, Peru
  • C. p. eucale Fruhstorfer, 1916 - Brazil (Santa Catarina, Rio Grande do Sul)
  • C. p. lalannensis Brévignon, 1995 - French Guiana
  • C. p. pygas (Godart, ) - Brazil (Bahia)
  • C. p. rondoni Ribeiro, 1931 - Brazil (Rondônia)
  • C. p. thamyras Ménétriés, 1857 - Brazil (Minas Gerais, Mato Grosso), Paraguay, Argentina

References

  1. "Callicore Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Parque Nacional Sangay
  3. Butterflies of Amazonia

External links

Taxon identifiers
Catagramma pygas
Callicore pygas


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