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Catagramma
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Catagramma

"Catagramma" is an obsolete genus of Neotropical butterflies; the name continues to be used e.g. among butterfly collectors as a form taxon. "Catagramma" species are popularly known as 88s, in reference to a pattern on the hindwing undersides of many that looks like the number 88. They are medium-sized (around 5 cm (2 in) wingspan) forest insects....

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6 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Godart's numberwing

speciesCatagramma pygas

Google-eyed Eighty-eight

speciesCatagramma pyracmon

blue-and-orange eighty-eight

speciesCatagramma tolima

Catagramma hystaspes

speciesCatagramma hystaspes

Eunomia numberwing

speciesCatagramma eunomia

Catagramma hydarnis

speciesCatagramma hydarnis

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 630963.