Callicore is a genus of nymphalid butterfly found in the Neotropical Ecozone. This genus, like some related ones, was formerly lumped together as the paraphyletic "Catagramma

Catagramma

"Catagramma" is an obsolete genus of Neotropical butterflies; the name continues to be used e.g. among butterfly collectors as a form taxon. "Catagramma" species are popularly known as "88s", in reference to a pattern on the hindwing undersides of many that looks like the number 88...

" assemblage.

Species in this genus are commonly called eighty-eights like the related genera Diaethria

Diaethria

Diaethria is a brush-footed butterfly genus found in the Neotropical Ecozone, ranging from Mexico to Paraguay.Species in this genus are commonly called eighty-eights like the related genera Callicore and Perisama, in reference to the characteristic patterns on the hindwing undersides of many...

and Perisama, in reference to the characteristic patterns on the hindwing undersides of many. In Callicore, the pattern consists of bluish dots surrounded by black and looks more like "αB" or "8°", though some members of this genus have a completely different arrangement of dots. The forewing undersides vary little between species, being black with one or two broad orange-yellow bands in the basal part and one thin and one very faint yellowish band near the apex.

C. hydarnis is listed as endangered species

Endangered species

An endangered species is a population of organisms which is at risk of becoming extinct because it is either few in numbers, or threatened by changing environmental or predation parameters...

 in Minas Gerais

Minas Gerais

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, Brazil

Brazil

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.

Species

Species are listed in the presumed phylogenetic sequence; some subspecies

Subspecies

Subspecies in biological classification, is either a taxonomic rank subordinate to species, ora taxonomic unit in that rank . A subspecies cannot be recognized in isolation: a species will either be recognized as having no subspecies at all or two or more, never just one...

 are also listed:

• Callicore hydaspes
  Callicore hydaspes
  The Hydaspes Eighty-eight is a species of butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Brazil , Paraguay and Argentina....
  
  (?Drury, 1782) – Hydaspes Eight-eight
• Callicore aegina (Felder & Felder, 1861)
  • Callicore aegina aegina
  • Callicore aegina salamis
• Callicore mengeli
• Callicore lyca
  Callicore lyca
  Callicore lyca is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found from the south of Mexico to Peru.-Subspecies:The following subspecies are regognised:* C. l. lyca in Mexico* C. l. mionina in Colombia...
  
  (Doubleday & Hewitson, 1847)
  • Callicore lyca lyca
  • Callicore lyca aerias (Godman & Salvin, 1883)
• Callicore mionina (Hewitson, 1855)
• Callicore brome (Boisduval, 1836)
• Callicore transversa
• Callicore maronensis
• Callicore atacama (Hewitson, 1852)
  • Callicore atacama atacama
  • Callicore atacama manova (Fruhstorfer, 1916)
• Callicore hesperis
  Callicore hesperis
  The Hesperis Numberwing or Hesperis Eighty-eight is a species of butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Colombia, Brazil, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia....
  
  (Guérin, 1844) – Hesperis Eighty-eight
• Callicore cajetani (Guenée, 1872)
• Callicore felderi
• Callicore faustina (Bates, 1866)
• Callicore pygas
  Callicore pygas
  Godart's Numberwing or Pygas Eighty-eight is a species of butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Venezuela, Guyana, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay and the upper Amazonian region of Brazil....
  
  (Godart, 1824) – Pygas Eighty-eight
  • Callicore pygas pygas
  • Callicore pygas cyllene (Doubleday & Westwood, 1847)
• Callicore eucale
• Callicore aphidna
• Callicore hydamis
• Callicore tolima (Hewitson, 1852)
• Callicore eunomia
  Callicore eunomia
  The Eunomia Eighty-eight or Eunomia Numberwing is a species of butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in the upper Amazonian region, from Colombia and Guiana to Brazil, Peru and Bolivia....
  
  (Hewitson, 1853) – Eunomia Eighty-eight
• Callicore hystaspes (Fabricius, 1781) – Hystaspes Eighty-eight
  • Callicore hystaspes hystaspes
  • Callicore hystaspes zelphanta (Hewitson, 1858)
• Callicore discrepans
• Callicore denina
• Callicore chimana (Oberthür, 1916)
• Callicore platytaenia
• Callicore guatemalena (Bates, 1866)
• Callicore pacifica (Bates, 1866)
  • Callicore pacifica pacifica
  • Callicore pacifica bugaba (Staudinger, 1875)
• Callicore peralta (Dillon, 1948)
• Callicore levi
• Callicore texa (Hewitson, 1854) – Texa Eighty-eight
  • Callicore texa texa
  • Callicore texa titania (Salvin, 1869)
• Callicore maximilla
• Callicore maimuna (Hewitson, 1858)
• Callicore cynosura
  Callicore cynosura
  The BD butterfly or Cynosura Eighty-eight is a species of butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. The common name refers to the markings on the underside of the hindwings, which resemble the letters BD. It is found in Amazonia, from Colombia to Brazil, Peru and Bolivia.The wingspan is about 47 mm...
  
  (Doubleday & Hewitson, 1847) – Cynosura Eighty-eight
• Callicore astarte
  Callicore astarte
  The Astarte Eighty-eight is a species of butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found from Mexico south to Brazil.-Subspecies:*Callicore astarte astarte...
  
  (Cramer, 1779) – Astarte Eighty-eight
  • Callicore astarte astarte
  • Callicore astarte stratiotes (Felder & Felder, 1861)
• Callicore selima
• Callicore excelsior
  Callicore excelsior
  The Superb Numberwing or Excelsior Eighty-eight is a species of butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil and Bolivia....
  
  (Hewitson, 1857) – Excelsior Eighty-eight
• Callicore michaeli
• Callicore coruscans
• Callicore pastazza (Staudinger, 1888)
• Callicore patelina (Hewitson, 1853)
• Callicore casta (Salvin, 1869)
• Callicore arirambae
• Callicore sorana (Godart, 1832) – Sorana Eighty-eight
• Callicore oculata
• Callicore ines
• Callicore pitheas (Latreille, 1811)
• Callicore cyclops
• Callicore codomannus
• Callicore aretas
• Callicore lepta

External links

• TOL
• Funetfi
• Pteron in Japanese but with binomial names.