Callicore cynosura

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Cynosura eighty-eight
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Callicore
Species:
C. cynosura
Binomial name
Callicore cynosura
Synonyms
  • Catagramma cynosuraDoubleday, [1847]
  • Catagramma cynosura neoclesFruhstorfer, 1916
  • Catagramma cynosura martiniKrüger, 1933

Callicore cynosura, the BD butterfly or Cynosura eighty-eight, is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. The common name refers to the markings on the underside of the hindwings, which resemble the letters "B" and "D". It is found in Amazonia, from Colombia to Brazil, and to Peru and Bolivia. [2]

The wingspan is about 47 mm. [3] The upperside of the wings is black, banded with brilliant red.

The larvae feed on Sapindaceae species. They are green, with short spikes at the tip of the abdomen, and a pair of barbed spikes projecting forward from the head.

Subspecies

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References

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