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".
Species Listed alphabetically:Diaethria at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms Diaethria anna (Guérin-Méneville, ) – Anna's eighty-eight Diaethria astala (Guérin-Méneville, ) – faded eighty-eight, navy eighty-eight Diaethria bacchis (Doubleday, 1849) Diaethria candrena (Godart, ) – candrena eighty-eight, number eighty Diaethria ceryx (Hewitson, 1864) – Ceryx eighty-eight Diaethria clymena (Cramer, 1775) – Cramer's eighty-eight Diaethria eluina (Hewitson, 1852) – eluina eighty-eight Diaethria euclides (Latreille, ) Diaethria gabaza (Hewitson, 1852) Diaethria neglecta (Salvin, 1869) Diaethria nystographa (Guenée, 1872) Diaethria pandama (Doubleday, )
References
Lamas, G., ed. 2004. Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera. Checklist: Part 4A Hesperioidea-Papilionoidea. Gainesville: Scientific Publishers/Association of Tropical Lepidoptera.
External links
TOL Diaethria at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms