Callicore excelsior

Callicore excelsior
Tambopata National Reserve, Peru
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Callicore
Species:	C. excelsior
Binomial name
Callicore excelsior (Hewitson, [1858]) [1]
Synonyms
Catagramma excelsiorHewitson, [1858] Catagramma excelsior uaupensisDillon, 1948 Catagramma oberthüriSkinner, 1916 (preocc. Niepelt, [1914]) Catagramma oberthueriSkinner, 1916 Callicore excelsior coruscansRöber, 1921 Catagramma latimargoHering, 1932 Catagramma arirambae albifasciataRöber, 1924

Callicore excelsior, the superb numberwing or excelsior eighty-eight, is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil, and Bolivia. ^[2]

• 
  C. e. pastazza, underside
• 
  C. e. pastazza, topside

Subspecies

• C. e. excelsior (Brazil (Amazonas))
• C. e. inferior(Butler, 1877) (Ecuador, Peru)
• C. e. excelsissima(Staudinger, [1885]) (Brazil (Amazonas))
• C. e. pastazza(Staudinger, 1886) (Peru)
• C. e. michaeli(Staudinger, 1890) (Brazil (Amazonas, Mato Grosso))
• C. e. splendida(Weymer, 1890) (Peru)
• C. e. arirambae(Ducke, 1913) (Brazil (Pará, Amazonas))
• C. e. elatior(Oberthür, 1916) (Ecuador)
• C. e. ockendeni(Oberthür, 1916) (Peru)
• C. e. micheneri(Dillon, 1948) (Colombia, Ecuador)
• C. e. mauensis(Fassl, 1922) (Brazil (Amazonas))
• C. e. marisolaeNeukirchen, 1995 (Brazil (Amazonas))

References

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