Callicore lyca, the Aegina numberwing, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is usually found from south Mexico to all of Peru.

Aegina numberwing
Subspecies mionina
Subspecies salamis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Callicore
Species:
C. lyca
Binomial name
Callicore lyca
(Doubleday, [1847])
Synonyms
  • Catagramma lyca Doubleday, [1847]
  • Catagramma transversa Röber, 1924
  • Catagramma mionina acreensis Dillon, 1948
  • Catagramma mengeli Dillon, 1948
  • Callicore aegina
  • Catagramma aerias Godman & Salvin, [1883]
  • Catagramma lyca maroma Fruhstorfer, 1916
  • Catagramma mionina pauper Hopp, 1922
  • Catagramma aegina lamprolenis Röber, 1924

Subspecies

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The following subspecies are recognised:

  • C. l. lyca in Mexico
  • C. l. mionina (Hewitson, 1855) in Colombia
  • C. l. aegina (C. & R. Felder, 1861) in southern Peru – Aegina numberwing or Aegina beauty
  • C. l. salamis (C. & R. Felder, 1862)
  • C. l. aerias (Godman & Salvin, 1883) in Guatemala, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama
  • C. l. mena (Staudinger, 1886) in Peru
  • C. l. odilia (Oberthür, 1916) in Colombia
  • C. l. exultans (Fruhstorfer, 1916) in Bolivia
  • C. l. bella (Röber, 1924) in Colombia
  • C. l. sticheli (Dillon, 1948) in Colombia
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