Callicore mionina

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

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