Callicore cynosura (Doubleday, [1847])

Common Name:
Cynosura Eighty-eight
Synonyms:

Catagramma cynosura

Natural History:

This species is not abundant, and does not present a pattern of seasonality. In the central Amazon all species of Callicore  were collected in traps in the canopy.

Distribution:
Bolivia; Brasil; Colombia; Ecuador; Perú
Feeding Adult:

Adults are frugivorous

Feeding Caterpillars:

Sapindaceae: Paullinia sp., Serjania sp.

Color:
black, red, yellow
Habitat:
forest edge, forest
callicore cynosura dorsal

From dorsal

Specimen deposited in the Collection of Invertebrates INPA, Manaus, Amazonas

callicore cynosura ventral

From ventral

Specimen deposited in the Collection of Invertebrates INPA, Manaus, Amazonas

callicore cynosura

Male, from dorsal

Specimen deposited in the Collection of Invertebrates INPA, Amazonas