Biology:Catacore

Short description: Monotypic brush-footed butterfly genus

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.

Subspecies

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

References

• Kolyma Eighty-eight, Neotropical Butterflies

Wikidata ☰ Q5051179 entry