Callicore excelsior

Callicore excelsior
Tambopata National Reserve, Peru
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Euarthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Callicore
Species:	C. excelsior
Binomial name
Callicore excelsior (Hewitson, [1858])
Synonyms
Catagramma excelsior Hewitson, [1858] Catagramma excelsior uaupensis Dillon, 1948 Catagramma oberthüri Skinner, 1916 (preocc. Niepelt, [1914]) Catagramma oberthueri Skinner, 1916 Callicore excelsior coruscans Röber, 1921 Catagramma latimargo Hering, 1932 Catagramma arirambae albifasciata Röber, 1924

Callicore excelsior, the superb numberwing or excelsior eighty-eight, is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil, and Bolivia.

Adults are black on the upper surface of the wings, with a metallic deep blue sheen on the hindwings, and a broad arc of orange or red on the forewings.

C. e. pastazza, underside

C. e. pastazza, topside

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