Callicore eunomia
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The Eunomia Eighty-eight or Eunomia Numberwing (Callicore eunomia) is a species of butterfly
Butterfly
A butterfly is a mainly day-flying insect of the order Lepidoptera, which includes the butterflies and moths. Like other holometabolous insects, the butterfly's life cycle consists of four parts: egg, larva, pupa and adult. Most species are diurnal. Butterflies have large, often brightly coloured...

 of the Nymphalidae
Nymphalidae
The Nymphalidae is a family of about 5,000 species of butterflies which are distributed throughout most of the world. These are usually medium sized to large butterflies. Most species have a reduced pair of forelegs and many hold their colourful wings flat when resting. They are also called...

 family. It is found in the upper Amazonian region, from Colombia
Colombia
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 and Guiana
Guiana
The Guiana Shield is one of the three cratons of the South American Plate. It is a 1.7 billion year old Precambrian geological formation in northeast South America that forms a portion of the northern coast. The higher elevations on the shield are called the Guiana Highlands, which is where the...

 to Brazil
Brazil
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, Peru
Peru
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 and Bolivia
Bolivia
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.

The wingspan
Wingspan
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is 30-40 mm. Adults are black with a broad, orange or red area on the forewings and a blue area on the hindwings. There is a rare form, ab. confluens, found in central Peru, in which the black markings on the underside are greatly enlarged.

Subspecies

  • Callicore eunomia eunomia (Ecuador, Peru)
  • Callicore eunomia incarnata (Röber, 1915) (Bolivia, Peru)
  • Callicore eunomia valeriae Neild, 1996 (Venezuela)
  • Callicore eunomia ferrerorum Attal, 2000 (Venezuela)
  • Callicore eunomia alani Attal & Crosson du Cormier, 2003
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