''Callicore texa'', the yellow-rimmed eighty-eight or the texa eighty-eight, 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

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 ...

. The common name refers to the markings on the underside of the hindwings, which resemble the number " 88". The species is found from Mexico south to Colombia. ''Callicore texa'' was described by

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 ...

in 1855 under the initial name of ''Catagramma texa''.

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Biblidinae Nymphalidae of South America {{Biblidinae-stub