''Callicore lyca'', the Aegina numberwing, is a
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
Nymphalidae
The Nymphalidae are the largest family of butterflies, with more than 6,000 species distributed throughout most of the world. Belonging to the superfamily Papilionoidea, they are usually medium-sized to large butterflies. Most species have a re ...
. It is found from the south of
Mexico
Mexico ( Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guate ...
to
Peru
, image_flag = Flag of Peru.svg
, image_coat = Escudo nacional del Perú.svg
, other_symbol = Great Seal of the State
, other_symbol_type = Seal (emblem), National seal
, national_motto = "Fi ...
.
Subspecies
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
External links
"''Callicore'' Hübner, [1819]"at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''
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at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''
Biblidinae
Nymphalidae of South America
Butterflies described in 1847
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