Callicore pygas (Godart, [1824])

Common Name:
Pygas Eighty-eight

Synonyms:

Nymphalis pygas (Godart, [1824])

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; Ecuador; Guyane française; Paraguay; Perú; Venezuela

Feeding Adult:

Adults are frugivorous

Feeding Caterpillars:

Host-plants compiled by Beccaloni et al. (2008) include:

Sapindaceae: Allophylus edulis, Allophylus petiolulatus, Serjania multiflora, Urvillea sp.

Color:
black, red, cream, white

Habitat:
forest edge, forest

Publications:

Beccaloni G.W, Viloria A.L., Hall S.K., Robinson G.S. (2008):

Catalogue of the hostplants of the Neotropical butterflies. Book., London, S.E.A., Ribes, CYTED, Natural History Museum, IVIC: 1-536