Catagramma pygas
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Catagramma |
| Species: | C. pygas
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| Binomial name | |
| Catagramma pygas | |
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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.
Description[edit]
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]
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C. p. thamyras Iguazu Falls, Brazil
Subspecies[edit]
- 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[edit]
- ^ "Callicore Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ Parque Nacional Sangay
- ^ Butterflies of Amazonia
External links[edit]
Media related to Catagramma pygas at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Catagramma pygas at Wikispecies
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