Catacore

Catacore kolyma, the Kolyma eighty-eight, is the only species in the genus Catacore. It is a member of the brush-footed butterfly family and is found in the Neotropical realm, ranging from Colombia to Peru.[1]

Kolyma eighty-eight
Figures 5 and 6
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Nymphalidae
Subfamily:
Biblidinae
Tribe:
Callicorini
Genus:
Catacore

Dillon, 1948
Species:
C. kolyma
Binomial name
Catacore kolyma
(Hewitson, 1851)
Synonyms
  • Catagramma kolyma Hewitson, 1851
  • Catagramma kolyma confluens Oberthür, 1916 (preocc. Oberthür, 1916)
  • Catagramma kolyma connecens Talbot, 1928
  • Catagramma kolyma f. subobscura Niepelt, 1935
  • Catagramma pasithea Hewitson, 1864

Subspecies
  • C. k. kolyma (Ecuador, Peru, Brazil: Mato Grosso, Amazonas)
  • C. k. pasithea (Hewitson, 1864) (Ecuador)

References
  1. Catacore at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
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