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 | |
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Subspecies mionina | |
Subspecies salamis | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Callicore |
Species: | C. lyca
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Binomial name | |
Callicore lyca (Doubleday, [1847])
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Synonyms | |
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Subspecies
editThe 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
External links
edit- "Callicore Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms