Biology:Callicore hydaspes
| Hydaspes eighty-eight | |
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| From Peru | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Callicore |
| Species: | C. hydaspes
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| Binomial name | |
| Callicore hydaspes (Drury, 1782)[1]
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Callicore hydaspes, the Hydaspes eighty-eight or little callicore, is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae.
Description
The wingspan is 30 to 35 millimetres (1.2 to 1.4 in).[2] The uppersides of the forewings are black with a broad red median band and a blue basal area. Also the uppersides of the hindwings are black, while the electric-blue area is larger and extended up to the edges. The undersides of the forewings are similar to uppersides but show also a yellow band. The basic colour of the undersides of the hindwings is black, with four pale blue or yellow spots in the middle of a black oval surrounded by concentric yellow bands.
Distribution
This species is found in Brazil (Rio de Janeiro, Piauí, Rio Grande do Sul, São Paulo), Paraguay, Peru and Argentina . It is mainly present in humid forests and in edges.
References
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Callicore hydaspes. |
- ↑ "Callicore Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ↑ "butterflycorner". http://en.butterflycorner.net/Callicore-hydaspes.847.0.html.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q374135 entry
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