Diaethria clymena

Diaethria clymena
Dorsal view
D. c. juani (ventral view), Trinidad
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Diaethria
Species:	D. clymena
Binomial name
Diaethria clymena (Cramer, [1775])
Subspecies
13, see text
Synonyms
Papilio clymena Cramer, [1775] Najas chlymeneHübner, [1818] Catagramma marchaliiGuérin-Méneville, [1844] Callicore marchalii Diaethria marchalii Callicore lyded'Almeida, 1934 Diaethria janeira Callicore elindaGuenée, 1872 Callicore seropaGuenée, 1872 Callicore flavaVogeler, 1935 Callicore extremaVogeler, 1935 Diaethria meridionalis Catagramma branickiiOberthür, 1883 Catagramma bourcieriBoisduval, 1870 Catagramma dodoneDoubleday, [1845] Diaethria dodone Callicore belesesGodman & Salvin, 1889

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 described to science by Pieter Cramer, in a fascicle of De uitlandsche Kapellen, 1775.

The wingspan is about 30–40 millimetres (1.2–1.6 in).

The larvae feed on Trema lamarckiana , Trema micrantha , and Theobroma .

Subspecies

Listed alphabetically. ^[1]

• D. c. aurelia(Guenée, 1872)
• D. c. beleses(Godman & Salvin, 1889) (Panama)
• D. c. bourcieri(Guenée, 1872) (Ecuador)
• D. c. clymena (Guyana, Brazil (Amazonas))
• D. c. colombiana(Viette, 1958) (Colombia)
• D. c. consobrina(Guérin-Méneville, [1844]) (Colombia, Venezuela)
• D. c. dodone(Guenée, 1872) (Colombia)
• D. c. janeira(C. Felder, 1862) (Brazil (Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo), Paraguay)
• D. c. juaniNeild, 1996 (Venezuela, Trinidad)
• D. c. marchalii(Guérin-Méneville, [1844]) (Nicaragua to Colombia)
• D. c. meridionalis(Bates, 1864) (Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina))
• D. c. peruviana(Guenée, 1872) (Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador)
• D. c. seropina(Röber, 1924) (Brazil (Pará))

• 
  D. c. juani, Trinidad
• 
  ventral
• 
  D. c. marchalii, Venezuela
• 
  D. c. meridionalis

References

1. Diaethria, funet.fi

External links

• Diaethria clymena, Butterfly Corner
• Friday Fellow: Cramer's Eighty Eight at Earthling Nature
• Butterflies of the Amazon and Andes: 88 butterfly ^[usurped] , Learn About Butterflies