''Callicore eunomia'', the Eunomia eighty-eight or Eunomia numberwing, is a species of

butterfly Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The group comprises ...

of the family

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. It is found in the upper Amazonian region, from Colombia and Guyana to

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, and

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. The

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is 30–40 mm. Adults are black with a broad, orange or red area on the forewings and a blue area on the hindwings. There is a rare form, ab. ''confluens'', found in central Peru, in which the black markings on the underside are greatly enlarged. Renowned lepidopterist

William Chapman Hewitson William Chapman Hewitson (9 January 1806, in Newcastle upon Tyne – 28 May 1878, in Oatlands Park, Surrey) was a British natural history, naturalist. A wealthy collector, Hewitson was particularly devoted to Coleoptera (beetles) and Lepidopter ...

provided the first description of the "eighty-eight" in 1853.

Subspecies

*''Callicore eunomia eunomia'' (Ecuador, Peru) *''Callicore eunomia incarnata'' (Röber, 1915) (Bolivia, Peru) *''Callicore eunomia valeriae'' Neild, 1996 (Venezuela) *''Callicore eunomia ferrerorum'' Attal, 2000 (Venezuela) *''Callicore eunomia alani'' Attal & Crosson du Cormier, 2003

References

Biblidinae Lepidoptera of Brazil Nymphalidae of South America Butterflies described in 1853 {{Biblidinae-stub