Callicore mionina

Callicore mionina is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae, sometimes treated as a subspecies of Callicore lyca as Callicore lyca mionina.

Callicore mionina
From Colombia
Ventral view
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Callicore
Species:	C. lyca
Binomial name
Callicore mionina (Hewitson, 1855)
Synonyms
Catagramma lyca mionina Hewitson, 1855 Callicore lyca mionina Catagramma mionina acreensis Dillon, 1948

Distribution

The wingspan is of about 47 mm. The uppersides of the forewings are black with a broad red median band. Also the uppersides of the hindwings are black, with an electric-blue area in the middle. The undersides of the forewing are similar to the upperside but show also a yellow band. The basic colour of the undersides of the hindwings is black, with six pale blue spots in the middle of a black oval surrounded by concentric yellow bands.

Distribution

This species occurs in Colombia.

References

• Biolib
• "Callicore Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

External links

• Callicore mionina
• Butterflies of America