Diaethria clymena

Diaethria clymena
Dorsal view
Ventral view
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Diaethria
Species:	D. clymena
Binomial name
Diaethria clymena (Cramer, [1775])
Subspecies
13 ssp., see text
Synonyms
Papilio clymena Cramer, [1775] Najas chlymene Hübner, [1818] Catagramma marchalii Guérin-Méneville, [1844] Callicore marchalii Diaethria marchalii Callicore lyde d'Almeida, 1934 Diaethria janeira Callicore elinda Guenée, 1872 Callicore seropa Guenée, 1872 Callicore flava Vogeler, 1935 Callicore extrema Vogeler, 1935 Diaethria meridionalis Catagramma branickii Oberthür, 1883 Catagramma bourcieri Boisduval, 1870 Catagramma dodone Doubleday, [1845] Diaethria dodone Callicore beleses Godman & Salvin, 1889

Diaethria clymena or 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.

The wingspan is about 30–40 millimetres (1.2–1.6 in). Adults are black with a blue band on each wing. The underside is red and white with black stripes that look like an outlined number eighty-eight.

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

Subspecies

Diaethria clymena marchalii

Diaethria clymena meridionalis

Listed alphabetically.

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

External links

• Diaethria clymena, Butterfly Corner