Callicore cynosura

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| name = Cynosura eighty-eight

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| taxon = Callicore cynosura

| authority = (Doubleday & Hewitson, 1847)[http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/nymphalidae/biblidinae/callicore/ "Callicore Hübner, [1819]"] at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

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  • Catagramma cynosura Doubleday, [1847]
  • Catagramma cynosura neocles Fruhstorfer, 1916
  • Catagramma cynosura martini Krüger, 1933

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Callicore cynosura, the BD butterfly or Cynosura eighty-eight, is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. The common name refers to the markings on the underside of the hindwings, which resemble the letters "B" and "D". It is found in Amazonia, from Colombia to Brazil, and to Peru and Bolivia.{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20080512174822/http://www.learnaboutbutterflies.com/Amazon%20-%20Callicore%20cynosura.htm Callicore cynosura]}}, Butterflies of Amazonia

The wingspan is about 47 mm.[http://www.sangay.eu/ficha-principale.php?ref=902&lang=en Parque Nacional Sangay]

The larvae feed on Sapindaceae species.

Subspecies

  • Callicore cynosura cynosura (Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil (Amazonas))
  • Callicore cynosura amazona (Bates, 1864) (Brazil (Pará))
  • Callicore cynosura fulva (Dillon, 1948) (Brazil (Amazonas))

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