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Eighty-eight Butterflies
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Eighty-eight Butterflies

Diaethria

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

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".

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14 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Widespread Eighty-eight

speciesDiaethria clymena

Anna’s Eighty-eight

speciesDiaethria anna

Number Eighty

speciesDiaethria candrena

Navy Eighty-eight

speciesDiaethria astala

Neglected Eighty-eight

speciesDiaethria neglecta

eluina eighty-eight

speciesDiaethria eluina

Orange-striped Eighty-eight

speciesDiaethria pandama

White-patched Eighty-eight

speciesDiaethria bacchis

Smudged Eighty-eight

speciesDiaethria gabaza

Kolyma Eighty-eight

speciesDiaethria kolyma

Diaethria euclides

speciesDiaethria euclides

Diaethria ceryx

speciesDiaethria ceryx

West-Mexican Eighty-eight

speciesDiaethria asteria

Diaethria nystographa

speciesDiaethria nystographa

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 69885.