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''Callicore'' is a
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nymphalid The Nymphalidae are the largest family of butterflies, with more than 6,000 species distributed throughout most of the world. Belonging to the superfamily Papilionoidea, they are usually medium-sized to large butterflies. Most species have a red ...
butterfly found in the
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. This genus, like some related ones, was formerly lumped together as the
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'' Catagramma'' assemblage. Species in this genus are commonly called eighty-eights or numberwings like the related genera ''
Diaethria ''Diaethria'' is a brush-footed butterfly genus found in the Neotropical realm, ranging from Mexico to Paraguay. Species in this genus are commonly called eighty-eights like the related genera ''Callicore'' and ''Perisama'', in reference to the ...
'' and '' Perisama'', in reference to the characteristic patterns on the hindwing undersides of many. In ''Callicore'', the pattern consists of bluish dots surrounded by black and looks more like "αB" or "8°", though some members of this genus have a completely different arrangement of dots. The forewing undersides vary little between species, being black with one or two broad orange-yellow bands in the basal part and one thin and one very faint yellowish band near the apex. '' C. hydarnis'' is listed as an
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Species

Listed alphabetically within species groups:"''Callicore''_Hübner,_[1819]"
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at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms'' The ''atacama'' species group: * ''Callicore atacama'' (Hewitson, 1852) – yellow-banded eighty-eight * ''Callicore felderi'' (Hewitson, 1864) – 8-spot numberwing * ''Callicore hesperis'' (Guérin, 1844) – hesperis eighty-eight The ''cyllene'' species group: * ''Callicore pygas'' (Godart, 824 – pygas eighty-eight The ''cynosura'' species group: * '' Callicore astarte'' (Cramer, 1779) – Astarte eighty-eight * ''
Callicore cynosura ''Callicore cynosura'', the BD butterfly or Cynosura 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 letters "B" and "D". It is found ...
'' (Doubleday & Hewitson, 1847) – Cynosura eighty-eight * ''
Callicore excelsior ''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 Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Br ...
'' (Hewitson, 1857) – excelsior eighty-eight or superb numberwing * ''
Callicore ines ''Callicore'' is a genus of nymphalid butterfly found in the Neotropical realm. This genus, like some related ones, was formerly lumped together as the paraphyletic ''Catagramma'' assemblage. Species in this genus are commonly called eighty-e ...
'' (Hopp, 1922) * ''
Callicore sorana ''Callicore'' is a genus of nymphalid butterfly found in the Neotropical realm. This genus, like some related ones, was formerly lumped together as the paraphyletic ''Catagramma'' assemblage. Species in this genus are commonly called eighty-e ...
'' (Godart, 1832) – Sorana eighty-eight The ''hydarnis'' species group *''
Callicore hydarnis ''Callicore'' is a genus of nymphalid butterfly found in the Neotropical realm. This genus, like some related ones, was formerly lumped together as the paraphyletic ''Catagramma'' assemblage. Species in this genus are commonly called eighty-e ...
'' (Godart, 824 The ''hydaspes'' species group: * ''
Callicore brome ''Callicore'' is a genus of nymphalid butterfly found in the Neotropical realm. This genus, like some related ones, was formerly lumped together as the paraphyletic ''Catagramma'' assemblage. Species in this genus are commonly called eighty-e ...
'' (Doyère,
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– four-spotted eighty-eight * ''
Callicore hydaspes ''Callicore hydaspes'', the Hydaspes eighty-eight or little callicore, is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. Description The wingspan is . The uppersides of the forewings are black with a broad red median band and a blue basal ar ...
'' (Drury, 1782) – Hydaspes eighty-eight * ''
Callicore lyca ''Callicore lyca'', the Aegina numberwing, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found from the south of Mexico to Peru , image_flag = Flag of Peru.svg , image_coat = Escudo nacional del Perú.svg , oth ...
'' (Doubleday,
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– Aegina numberwing * ''
Callicore maronensis ''Callicore'' is a genus of nymphalid butterfly found in the Neotropical realm. This genus, like some related ones, was formerly lumped together as the paraphyletic ''Catagramma'' assemblage. Species in this genus are commonly called eighty-e ...
'' (Oberthür, 1916) The ' species group: * ''
Callicore cyclops ''Callicore'' is a genus of nymphalid butterfly found in the Neotropical realm. This genus, like some related ones, was formerly lumped together as the paraphyletic ''Catagramma'' assemblage. Species in this genus are commonly called eighty-e ...
'' (Staudinger, 1891) * '' Callicore '' (Latreille, 1811) – two-eyed eighty-eight The ''texa'' species group: * '' Callicore texa'' (Hewitson, 1854) – Texa eighty-eight The ''tolima'' species group: * ''
Callicore eunomia ''Callicore eunomia'', the Eunomia eighty-eight or Eunomia numberwing, is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in the upper Amazonian region, from Colombia and Guyana to Brazil, Peru, and Bolivia. The wingspan is 30–4 ...
'' (Hewitson, 1853) – Eunomia eighty-eight * '' Callicore hystaspes'' (Fabricius, 1781) – Hystaspes eighty-eight * '' Callicore tolima'' (Hewitson, 1851) – blue-and-orange eighty-eight


Gallery

File:Callicoreastarte.jpg, Astarte eighty-eight,
'' C. astarte'', upperside File:Callicoreaeginasalamis.jpg, Aegina numberwing,
'' C. l. salamis'', underside File:Callicoreeunomia.jpg, Eunomia eighty-eight,
'' C. eunomia'', underside File:Pastazzauns.jpg, Superb numberwing,
'' C. e. pastazza'', underside File:NymphalidOslo.jpg, Cynosura eighty-eight,
'' C. cynosura'', underside Callicore pygas, Iguazu Falls Brazil.jpg, Pygas eighty-eight,
('' C. pygas'')
Iguazu Falls Iguazú Falls or Iguaçu Falls ( gn, Chororõ Yguasu , es, Cataratas del Iguazú, links=no ; pt, Cataratas do Iguaçu ) are waterfalls of the Iguazu River on the border of the Argentine province of Misiones and the Brazilian state of Paraná. ...
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Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...


References

* Casagrande, M. M., Mielke, O. H. H., & Brown, K. S., Jr. (1998). Butterflies (Lepidoptera) considered as threatened in Minas Gerais, Brazil (in Portuguese). ''Revista Brasileira de Zoologia'', 15(1), 241-259. * Garwood, K. M., Lehman, Carter, W., & Carter, G. (2007). ''Butterflies of Southern Amazonia''. Mission, Texas: Neotropical Butterflies. * Lamas, G., ed. 2004. ''Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera. Checklist: Part 4A Hesperioidea-Papilionoidea''. Gainesville: Scientific Publishers/Association of Tropical Lepidoptera.


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s. {{Taxonbar, from=Q258624 Biblidinae Nymphalidae of South America Nymphalidae genera Taxa named by Jacob Hübner