Biology:Callicore mionina

Short description: Species of butterfly

Callicore mionina
From Colombia
Ventral view
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Callicore
Species:	C. lyca
Binomial name
Callicore mionina (Hewitson, 1855)
Synonyms
Catagramma lyca mionina Hewitson, 1855 Callicore lyca mionina Catagramma mionina acreensis Dillon, 1948

Callicore mionina is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae, sometimes treated as a subspecies of Callicore lyca as Callicore lyca mionina.

Distribution

The wingspan is of about 47 mm. The uppersides of the forewings are black with a broad red median band. Also the uppersides of the hindwings are black, with an electric-blue area in the middle. The undersides of the forewing are similar to the upperside but show also a yellow band. The basic colour of the undersides of the hindwings is black, with six pale blue spots in the middle of a black oval surrounded by concentric yellow bands.

Distribution

This species occurs in Colombia.

References

• Biolib
• "Callicore Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

External links

• Callicore mionina
• Butterflies of America

Wikidata ☰ Q5022040 entry