Godart's Numberwing or Pygas Eighty-eight (Callicore pygas) is a species of butterfly

Butterfly

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 of the Nymphalidae

Nymphalidae

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 family. It is found in Venezuela

Venezuela

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, Guyana

Guyana

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, Ecuador

Ecuador

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, Peru

Peru

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, Bolivia

Bolivia

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, Paraguay

Paraguay

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 and the upper Amazonian region of Brazil

Brazil

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The wingspan

Wingspan

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is about 45 mm. The subspecies differ from each other with regard to the underside markings. In subspecies pygas, the white band and the metallic blue scaling on the hindwing are both replaced by pale sandy yellow. Subspecies eucale is similar to cyllene, except for the submarginal band, which is metallic blue instead of white.

Subspecies

• Callicore pygas pygas (Brazil (Bahia))
• Callicore pygas thamyras (Ménétriés, 1857) (Brazil (Minas Gerais, Mato Grosso), Paraguay)
• Callicore pygas aphidna (Hewitson, 1869) (Venezuela)
• Callicore pygas cyllene (Doubleday, [1847]) (Ecuador, Bolivia, Peru)
• Callicore pygas eucale (Fruhstorfer, 1916) (Brazil (Santa Catarina, Rio Grande do Sul))
• Callicore pygas concolor (Talbot, 1928) (Brazil (Mato Grosso), Paraguay)
• Callicore pygas rondoni (Ribeiro, 1931) (Brazil (Rondônia))
• Callicore pygas lalannensis Brévignon, 1995 (French Guiana)