Catagramma pygas

Godart's numberwing
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Catagramma
Species:	C. pygas
Binomial name
Catagramma pygas (Godart, [1824]) [1]
Synonyms
Nymphalis pygasGodart, [1824] Callicore pygas(Godart, [1824]) Catagramma pygas ophisFruhstorfer, 1916 Catagramma pygas paragriasFruhstorfer, 1916 Catagramma splendensOberthür, 1916 Catagramma splendens coeruleaTalbot, 1928 Catagramma pygas typhlaRöber, 1915 Catagramma cyllene aurantiacaOberthür, 1916 Catagramma pygas agrianesFruhstorfer, 1916 Catagramma philomenaOberthür, 1916 Catagramma cyllene madeirensisDillon, 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. ^[2] 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 . ^[3]

• C. p. thamyras Iguazu Falls, Brazil

Subspecies

• C. p. aphidnaHewitson, 1869 - Venezuela
• C. p. concolorTalbot, 1928 - Brazil (Mato Grosso), Paraguay)
• C. p. cylleneDoubleday, [1847] - Ecuador, Bolivia, Peru
• C. p. eucaleFruhstorfer, 1916 - Brazil (Santa Catarina, Rio Grande do Sul)
• C. p. lalannensisBrévignon, 1995 - French Guiana
• C. p. pygas (Godart, [1824]) - Brazil (Bahia)
• C. p. rondoniRibeiro, 1931 - Brazil (Rondônia)
• C. p. thamyrasMénétriés, 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 ^[usurped]

External links

• Media related to Catagramma pygas at Wikimedia Commons
• Data related to Catagramma pygas at Wikispecies