Callicore mionina

Callicore mionina is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae, sometimes treated as a subspecies of Callicore lyca as Callicore lyca mionina.

Callicore mionina
From Colombia
Ventral view
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Nymphalidae
Genus:
Callicore
Species:
C. lyca
Binomial name
Callicore mionina
(Hewitson, 1855)
Synonyms
  • Catagramma lyca mionina Hewitson, 1855
  • Callicore lyca mionina
  • Catagramma mionina acreensis Dillon, 1948

Distribution

The wingspan is of about 47 mm. The uppersides of the forewings are black with a broad red median band. Also the uppersides of the hindwings are black, with an electric-blue area in the middle. The undersides of the forewing are similar to the upperside but show also a yellow band. The basic colour of the undersides of the hindwings is black, with six pale blue spots in the middle of a black oval surrounded by concentric yellow bands.

Distribution

This species occurs in Colombia.

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