Callicore excelsior

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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]

Callicore excelsior
Tambopata National Reserve, Peru
Scientific classification Edit this 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

Subspecies

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  • 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

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