Catagramma pygas
| Godart's numberwing | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Catagramma |
| Species: | C. pygas |
| Binomial name | |
| Catagramma pygas (Godart, [1824]) | |
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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. 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.
- C. p. thamyras Iguazu Falls, Brazil
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
- ↑ "Callicore Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ↑ Parque Nacional Sangay
- ↑ Butterflies of Amazonia
External links
Media related to Catagramma pygas at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Catagramma pygas at Wikispecies
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