Biology:Callicore texa

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Short description: Species of butterfly

Yellow-rimmed eighty-eight
Texa eighty-eight (Callicore texa).jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Callicore
Species:
C. texa
Binomial name
Callicore texa
(Hewitson, 1855)
Synonyms
  • Catagramma texa Hewitson, 1855
  • Catagramma texa zyxina Fruhstorfer, 1916

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]

Subspecies

References

Wikidata ☰ Q2934157 entry