Callicore pygas

Callicore 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.

Godart's numberwing
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Callicore
Species:
C. pygas
Binomial name
Callicore pygas
(Godart, [1824])[1]
Synonyms
  • Nymphalis pygas Godart, [1824]
  • Catagramma pygas ophis Fruhstorfer, 1916
  • Catagramma pygas paragrias Fruhstorfer, 1916
  • Catagramma splendens Oberthür, 1916
  • Catagramma splendens coerulea Talbot, 1928
  • Catagramma pygas typhla Röber, 1915
  • Catagramma cyllene aurantiaca Oberthür, 1916
  • Catagramma pygas agrianes Fruhstorfer, 1916
  • Catagramma philomena Oberthür, 1916
  • Catagramma cyllene madeirensis Dillon, 1948

Description

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.

The wingspan is about 45 mm.[2].

The subspecies differ from each other with regard to the underside markings.

In subspecies pygas, the white band and the metallic blue scaling on the hindwing are both replaced by pale sandy yellow.

Subspecies eucale is similar to cyllene, except for the submarginal band, which is metallic blue instead of white.[3]

Subspecies
  • C. p. pygas (Brazil (Bahia))
  • C. p. thamyras (Ménétriés, 1857) (Brazil (Minas Gerais, Mato Grosso), Paraguay, Argentina)
  • C. p. aphidna (Hewitson, 1869) (Venezuela)
  • C. p. cyllene (Doubleday, [1847]) (Ecuador, Bolivia, Peru)
  • C. p. eucale (Fruhstorfer, 1916) (Brazil (Santa Catarina, Rio Grande do Sul))
  • C. p. concolor (Talbot, 1928) (Brazil (Mato Grosso), Paraguay)
  • C. p. rondoni (Ribeiro, 1931) (Brazil (Rondônia))
  • C. p. lalannensis Brévignon, 1995 (French Guiana)
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References
  1. "Callicore Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Parque Nacional Sangay
  3. Butterflies of Amazonia

Citizen science observations for Callicore pygas at iNaturalist


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