Callicore eunomia

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Eunomia eighty-eight
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Callicore
Species:
C. eunomia
Binomial name
Callicore eunomia
(Hewitson, 1853) [1]
Synonyms
  • Catagramma eunomiaHewitson, 1853
  • Catagramma eunomia carmenOberthür, 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. [2]

The wingspan is 30–40 mm. [3] 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

References

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