Callicore hesperis
| Hesperis eighty-eight | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Clade: | Euarthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Callicore |
| Species: | C. hesperis |
| Binomial name | |
| Callicore hesperis (Guérin-Méneville, [1844])[1] | |
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Callicore hesperis, the hesperis eighty-eight or hesperis numberwing, is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Colombia, Brazil, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia.[2]
The wingspan is about 45 mm.[3] The upperside of the forewings is black, with a broad diagonal red stripe. The upperside of the hindwings is dark brown with a brilliant metallic-blue sheen.
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- ↑ "Callicore Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ↑ Butterflies of Amazonia
- ↑ Parque Nacional Sangay
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