Catagramma pygas

Catagramma pygas, the Godart's numberwing or pygas eighty-eight, is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Venezuela, Guyana, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay and the upper Amazonian region of Brazil.

Godart's numberwing
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Catagramma
Species:
C. pygas
Binomial name
Catagramma pygas
(Godart, [1824])[1]
Synonyms
  • Nymphalis pygas Godart, [1824]
  • Callicore pygas (Godart, [1824])
  • Catagramma pygas ophis Fruhstorfer, 1916
  • Catagramma pygas paragrias Fruhstorfer, 1916
  • Catagramma splendens Oberthür, 1916
  • Catagramma splendens coerulea Talbot, 1928
  • Catagramma pygas typhla Röber, 1915
  • Catagramma cyllene aurantiaca Oberthür, 1916
  • Catagramma pygas agrianes Fruhstorfer, 1916
  • Catagramma philomena Oberthür, 1916
  • Catagramma cyllene madeirensis Dillon, 1948

Description

The wingspan is about 45 mm.[2] Its common name refers to the black and white patterns on the undersides of its hindwings that resemble the number "88". Similar "eighty-eight" patterns are found in other species of the genus and related genera such as Diaethria and Perisama.[3]

Subspecies
  • C. p. aphidna Hewitson, 1869 - Venezuela
  • C. p. concolor Talbot, 1928 - Brazil (Mato Grosso), Paraguay)
  • C. p. cyllene Doubleday, [1847] - Ecuador, Bolivia, Peru
  • C. p. eucale Fruhstorfer, 1916 - Brazil (Santa Catarina, Rio Grande do Sul)
  • C. p. lalannensis Brévignon, 1995 - French Guiana
  • C. p. pygas (Godart, [1824]) - Brazil (Bahia)
  • C. p. rondoni Ribeiro, 1931 - Brazil (Rondônia)
  • C. p. thamyras Ménétriés, 1857 - Brazil (Minas Gerais, Mato Grosso), Paraguay, Argentina

References
  1. "Callicore Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Parque Nacional Sangay
  3. Butterflies of Amazonia


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