Callicore lyca

Aegina numberwing
Subspecies mionina
Subspecies salamis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
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 usually found from south Mexico to all of Peru.

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