''Callicore excelsior'', the superb numberwing or excelsior eighty-eight, is a species of

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of the family

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. It is found in

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, and

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.Butterflies of Amazonia
/ref> 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. File:Pastazzauns.jpg, ''C. e. pastazza'', underside File:Callicore_excelsior2.jpg, ''C. e. pastazza'', topside

Subspecies

*''C. e. excelsior'' (Brazil (Amazonas)) *''C. e. inferior'' (Butler, 1877) (Ecuador, Peru) *''C. e. excelsissima'' (Staudinger,

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(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

Biblidinae Lepidoptera of Brazil Nymphalidae of South America Butterflies described in 1858 {{Biblidinae-stub