Catacore

Kolyma eighty-eight
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Subfamily: Biblidinae
Tribe: Callicorini
Genus: Catacore
Dillon, 1948
Species: C. kolyma
Binomial name
Catacore kolyma
(Hewitson, 1851)
Synonyms
  • Catagramma kolyma Hewitson, 1851
  • Catagramma kolyma confluens Oberthür, 1916 (preocc. Oberthür, 1916)
  • Catagramma kolyma connecens Talbot, 1928
  • Catagramma kolyma f. subobscura Niepelt, 1935
  • Catagramma pasithea Hewitson, 1864

Catacore kolyma, the Kolyma eighty-eight, is the only species in the genus Catacore. It is a member of the brush-footed butterfly family and is found in the Neotropical realm, ranging from Colombia to Peru.[1]

Subspecies

  • C. k. kolyma (Ecuador, Peru, Brazil: Mato Grosso, Amazonas)
  • C. k. pasithea (Hewitson, 1864) (Ecuador)

References

  1. ↑ Catacore at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
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