Callicore texa

Callicore texa, the yellow-rimmed eighty-eight or the texa eighty-eight, is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. The common name refers to the markings on the underside of the hindwings, which resemble the number "88". The species is found from Mexico south to Colombia.[1]

Yellow-rimmed eighty-eight
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Callicore
Species:
C. texa
Binomial name
Callicore texa
(Hewitson, 1855)
Synonyms
  • Catagramma texa Hewitson, 1855
  • Catagramma texa zyxina Fruhstorfer, 1916

Callicore texa was described by William Chapman Hewitson in 1855 under the initial name of Catagramma texa.[2]

Subspecies
  • C. t. aretas
  • C. t. bari
  • C. t. boyeri
  • C. t. fassli
  • C. t. heroica
  • C. t. kayei
  • C. t. loxicha
  • C. t. maimuna
  • C. t. maximilla
  • C. t. sigillata
  • C. t. skinneri
  • C. t. strympli
  • C. t. tacana
  • C. t. texa
  • C. t. titania
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References
  1. Lotts, Kelly & Naberhaus, Thomas (2017). "Yellow-rimmed Eighty-eight Callicore texa (Hewitson, 1854)". Butterflies and Moths of North America. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
  2. Savela, Markku. "Callicore texa (Hewitson, 1855)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 9 June 2019.


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