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Species of butterfly
Godart's numberwing
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Nymphalidae
Genus:
Catagramma
Species:
C. pygas
Binomial name
Catagramma pygas
Synonyms
Nymphalis pygas Godart, [1824]
Callicore pygas (Godart, [1824])
Catagramma pygas ophis Fruhstorfer, 1916
Catagramma pygas paragrias Fruhstorfer, 1916
Catagramma splendens Oberthür, 1916
Catagramma splendens coerulea Talbot, 1928
Catagramma pygas typhla Röber, 1915
Catagramma cyllene aurantiaca Oberthür, 1916
Catagramma pygas agrianes Fruhstorfer, 1916
Catagramma philomena Oberthür, 1916
Catagramma cyllene madeirensis Dillon, 1948
Catagramma pygas , the Godart's numberwing or pygas eighty-eight , is a species of
butterfly of the family
Nymphalidae . It is found in
Venezuela ,
Guyana ,
Ecuador ,
Peru ,
Bolivia ,
Paraguay and the upper Amazonian region of
Brazil .
Description
The
wingspan is about 45 mm.
[2]
Its common name refers to the black and white patterns on the undersides of its hindwings that resemble the number "88". Similar "eighty-eight" patterns are found in other species of the genus and related genera such as
Diaethria and
Perisama .
[3]
Subspecies
C. p. aphidna Hewitson, 1869 - Venezuela
C. p. concolor Talbot, 1928 - Brazil (Mato Grosso), Paraguay)
C. p. cyllene Doubleday, [1847] - Ecuador, Bolivia, Peru
C. p. eucale Fruhstorfer, 1916 - Brazil (Santa Catarina, Rio Grande do Sul)
C. p. lalannensis Brévignon, 1995 - French Guiana
C. p. pygas (Godart, [1824]) - Brazil (Bahia)
C. p. rondoni Ribeiro, 1931 - Brazil (Rondônia)
C. p. thamyras Ménétriés, 1857 - Brazil (Minas Gerais, Mato Grosso), Paraguay, Argentina
References
External links
Catagramma pygas Callicore pygas