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Catagramma pygas

Catagramma pygas, the Godart's numberwing or pygas eighty-eight, is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Venezuela, Guyana, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay and the upper Amazonian region of Brazil.

Description
The wingspan is about 45 mm. Its common name refers to the black and white patterns on the undersides of its hindwings that resemble the number "88". Similar "eighty-eight" patterns are found in other species of the genus and related genera such as Diaethria and Perisama. Image:Catagramma pygas-thamyras.webm|C. p. thamyras Iguazu Falls, Brazil ==Subspecies==
Subspecies
C. p. aphidna Hewitson, 1869 - Venezuela • C. p. concolor Talbot, 1928 - Brazil (Mato Grosso), Paraguay) • C. p. cyllene Doubleday, [1847] - Ecuador, Bolivia, Peru • C. p. eucale Fruhstorfer, 1916 - Brazil (Santa Catarina, Rio Grande do Sul) • C. p. lalannensis Brévignon, 1995 - French Guiana • C. p. pygas (Godart, [1824]) - Brazil (Bahia) • C. p. rondoni Ribeiro, 1931 - Brazil (Rondônia) • C. p. thamyras Ménétriés, 1857 - Brazil (Minas Gerais, Mato Grosso), Paraguay, Argentina ==References==
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