The forewings are black. At the wing tip there is a little, yellow spot. The wing is dominated by a broad, red band. Next to the body there is an area with blue structure colour.
The underside of Callicore hystaspes is black. There is a thin, blue stripe at the outer edge. In the wing tip there is a yellow stripe. The wing is dominated by a broad, red band. Next to the body there is a beige area.

The hind wings of Callicore hystaspes are black. The outer edge is a little bit wavy. At the back edge there shines a big area by blue structure colour.
The underside is beige or yellow. In the middle of the wing you can see the cipher eight. This cipher contains three bluish-white spots. The cipher is surrounded by a black line. Next to the body and at the outer edge there are also a black line. Furthermore there is a blue line at the outer edge. There is a red spot at the wing leading edge.

The body is black, but the underside has some yellow stripes. 

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The first description of this butterfly was in 1781 by Fabricius. There are only one subspecies.

• Callicore hystaspes zelphanta   [Hewitson, 1858]
  
  
  

• CITES: (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora):
  
  -no entry- (as at 23.06.2005)
  
  
• EU regulation on trading with species of wild Fauna and Flora
  
  -no entry- (as at 19.08.2005)
  
  
• IUCN Red List of threatened species:
  
  -no entry- (as at 2004)  (see: www.redlist.org/)
  
  
  

Callicore eunomia Hewitson 1853

Callicore hystaspes Fabricius 1781

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• Kingdom:    ANIMALIA
• Phylum:    ARTHROPODA
• Class:    INSECTA
• Order:    LEPIDOPTERA
• Suborder:    DITRYSIA
• Superfamily:    PAPILIONOIDEA
• Family:    NYMPHALIDAE
• Subfamily:    BIBLIDINAE
• Tribe:    CALLICORINI
• Genus:    CALLICORE
• Specific name:    HYSTASPES

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