''Diaethria eluina'', the eluina eighty-eight, is a species of

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of the family

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. It is found from

Peru , image_flag = Flag of Peru.svg , image_coat = Escudo nacional del Perú.svg , other_symbol = Great Seal of the State , other_symbol_type = Seal (emblem), National seal , national_motto = "Fi ...

Bolivia , image_flag = Bandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg , flag_alt = Horizontal tricolor (red, yellow, and green from top to bottom) with the coat of arms of Bolivia in the center , flag_alt2 = 7 × 7 square p ...

and

Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

. The

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is about 30–40 mm. Adults are black with a blue band on each wing. The underside is red and white with black stripes.

Subspecies

*''Diaethria eluina eluina'' (Brazil (Minas Gerais), Paraguay) *''Diaethria eluina lidwina'' (C. & R. Felder, 1862) (Peru) *''Diaethria eluina splendidus'' (Oberthür, 1916) (Brazil (Goiás))

External links

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Biblidinae Butterflies described in 1855 Fauna of Brazil Nymphalidae of South America {{Biblidinae-stub