''Diaethria'' is a

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found in the

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, ranging from Mexico to Paraguay. Species in this genus are commonly called eighty-eights like the related genera ''

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'' and '' Perisama'', in reference to the characteristic patterns on the hindwing undersides of many. In ''Diaethria'', the pattern consists of black dots surrounded by

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white and black lines, and typically looks like the numbers " 88" or " 89".

Species

Listed alphabetically:''Diaethria''
at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms'' * ''

Diaethria anna ''Diaethria anna'', also known as Anna's eighty-eight, is a butterfly in wet tropical forests in Middle America. On rare occasions, it can be found as a stray in south Texas. Its upperside is dark brown with a metallic bluish-green band on the ...

'' (Guérin-Méneville,

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– Anna's eighty-eight * ''

Diaethria astala ''Diaethria astala'', the faded eighty-eight or navy eighty-eight, is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found from Mexico to Colombia. The larvae feed on ''Serjania'', ''Paullinia'' and ''Cardiospermum ''Cardiospermum'' ...

'' (Guérin-Méneville,

– faded eighty-eight, navy eighty-eight * '' Diaethria bacchis'' (Doubleday, 1849) * '' Diaethria candrena'' (Godart, 824 – candrena eighty-eight, number eighty * ''

Diaethria ceryx ''Diaethria ceryx'', the Ceryx eighty-eight, is a species of butterfly of the genus ''Diaethria ''Diaethria'' is a brush-footed butterfly genus found in the Neotropical realm, ranging from Mexico to Paraguay. Species in this genus are commonl ...

'' (Hewitson, 1864) – Ceryx eighty-eight * ''

Diaethria clymena ''Diaethria clymena'', the Cramer's eighty-eight, is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found from Mexico to Peru and Brazil. It was discovered to science by Pieter Cramer, in a fascicle of ''De uitlandsche Kapellen'', 1775. ...

'' (Cramer, 1775) – Cramer's eighty-eight * '' Diaethria eluina'' (Hewitson, 1852) – eluina eighty-eight * '' Diaethria euclides'' (Latreille,

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* ''

Diaethria gabaza ''Diaethria gabaza'' is a species of butterfly of the genus ''Diaethria''. It was described by William Chapman Hewitson in 1852. It is found from Costa Rica and Guatemala to Colombia, Ecuador Ecuador ( ; ; Quechua: ''Ikwayur''; Shua ...

'' (Hewitson, 1852) * ''

Diaethria neglecta ''Diaethria neglecta'' is a species of butterfly of the genus ''Diaethria''. It was described by Osbert Salvin in 1869. It is found in Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia and Venezuela. All ''Diaethria'' species are commonly called eighty-eights be ...

'' (Salvin, 1869) * ''

Diaethria nystographa ''Diaethria nystographa'' is a species of butterfly of the genus ''Diaethria''. It was described by Achille Guenée in 1872. It is found in Peru, Ecuador, Colombia and Venezuela Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezu ...

'' (Guenée, 1872) * ''

Diaethria pandama ''Diaethria pandama'' is a species of butterfly of the genus ''Diaethria''. It was described by Edward Doubleday in 1848. It is found from Mexico to Panama. The larvae feed on ''Serjania ''Serjania'' is a genus of flowering plants in the soapb ...

'' (Doubleday,

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References

*Lamas, G., ed. 2004. ''Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera. Checklist: Part 4A Hesperioidea-Papilionoidea''. Gainesville: Scientific Publishers/Association of Tropical Lepidoptera.

External links

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