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 excelsior Hewitson, [1858]; Catagramma excelsior uaupensis Dillon, 1948; Catagramma oberthüri Skinner, 1916 (preocc. Niepelt, [1914]); Catagramma oberthueri Skinner, 1916; Callicore excelsior coruscans Röber, 1921; Catagramma latimargo Hering, 1932; Catagramma arirambae albifasciata Röber, 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]

Adults are black on the upper surface of the wings, with a metallic deep blue sheen on the hindwings, and a broad arc of orange or red on the forewings.

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. marisolae Neukirchen, 1995 (Brazil (Amazonas))

References

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

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[1] "Callicore Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

[2] Butterflies of Amazonia