Callicore lyca

Aegina numberwing
	Subspecies mionina
	Subspecies salamis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Callicore
Species:	C. lyca
Binomial name
	Callicore lyca; (Doubleday, [1847])
Synonyms
	Catagramma lyca Doubleday, [1847]; Catagramma transversa Röber, 1924; Catagramma mionina acreensis Dillon, 1948; Catagramma mengeli Dillon, 1948; Callicore aegina; Catagramma aerias Godman & Salvin, [1883]; Catagramma lyca maroma Fruhstorfer, 1916; Catagramma mionina pauper Hopp, 1922; Catagramma aegina lamprolenis Röber, 1924;

Callicore lyca, the Aegina numberwing, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found from the south of Mexico to Peru.

Subspecies

The following subspecies are recognised:

C. l. lyca in Mexico
C. l. mionina (Hewitson, 1855) in Colombia
C. l. aegina (C. & R. Felder, 1861) in southern Peru – Aegina numberwing or Aegina beauty
C. l. salamis (C. & R. Felder, 1862)
C. l. aerias (Godman & Salvin, 1883) in Guatemala, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama
C. l. mena (Staudinger, 1886) in Peru
C. l. odilia (Oberthür, 1916) in Colombia
C. l. exultans (Fruhstorfer, 1916) in Bolivia
C. l. bella (Röber, 1924) in Colombia
C. l. sticheli (Dillon, 1948) in Colombia

"Callicore Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

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