Diaethria

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Diaethria
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D. anna
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D. astala
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Tribe: Callicorini
Genus: Diaethria
Billberg, 1820
Type species
Diaethria clymena
(Cramer, 1775)
Species

Numerous, see text

Synonyms
  • CorecallaRöber, 1915
  • CyclogrammaDoubleday, [1847]


Diaethria is a brush-footed butterfly genus found in the Neotropical realm, ranging from Mexico to Paraguay.

Contents

Species in this genus are commonly called eighty-eights like the related genera Callicore and Perisama , in reference to the characteristic patterns on the hindwing undersides of many. In Diaethria, the pattern consists of black dots surrounded by concentric white and black lines, and typically looks like the numbers "88" or "89".

Species

Listed alphabetically: [1]

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References

  1. Diaethria at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms