Yellow-rimmed eighty-eight | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Callicore |
Species: | C. texa
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Binomial name | |
Callicore texa (
Hewitson, 1855)
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Callicore texa, the yellow-rimmed eighty-eight or the texa eighty-eight, is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. 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. [1]
Callicore texa was described by William Chapman Hewitson in 1855 under the initial name of Catagramma texa. [2]