Callicore excelsior
Callicore excelsior, the superb numberwing or excelsior eighty-eight, is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil, and Bolivia.
Adults are black on the upper surface of the wings, with a metallic deep blue sheen on the hindwings, and a broad arc of orange or red on the forewings.Subspecies
- C. e. excelsior
- C. e. inferior
- C. e. excelsissima
- C. e. pastazza
- C. e. michaeli
- C. e. splendida
- C. e. arirambae
- C. e. elatior
- C. e. ockendeni
- C. e. micheneri
- C. e. mauensis
- C. e. marisolae Neukirchen, 1995
