Diaethria clymena
Encyclopedia
Cramer's Eighty-eight is a species of butterfly
of the Nymphalidae
family. It is found from Guatemala
to Peru
and Brazil
.
The wingspan
is about 30–40 mm. 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 lamarckianum, Trema micranthum, and Theobroma
.
Butterfly
A butterfly is a mainly day-flying insect of the order Lepidoptera, which includes the butterflies and moths. Like other holometabolous insects, the butterfly's life cycle consists of four parts: egg, larva, pupa and adult. Most species are diurnal. Butterflies have large, often brightly coloured...
of the Nymphalidae
Nymphalidae
The Nymphalidae is a family of about 5,000 species of butterflies which are distributed throughout most of the world. These are usually medium sized to large butterflies. Most species have a reduced pair of forelegs and many hold their colourful wings flat when resting. They are also called...
family. It is found from Guatemala
Guatemala
Guatemala is a country in Central America bordered by Mexico to the north and west, the Pacific Ocean to the southwest, Belize to the northeast, the Caribbean to the east, and Honduras and El Salvador to the southeast...
to Peru
Peru
Peru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....
and Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
.
Wingspan
The wingspan of an airplane or a bird, is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777 has a wingspan of about ; and a Wandering Albatross caught in 1965 had a wingspan of , the official record for a living bird.The term wingspan, more technically extent, is...
is about 30–40 mm. 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 lamarckianum, Trema micranthum, and Theobroma
Theobroma
Theobroma is a genus of flowering plants in the mallow family, Malvaceae, that is sometimes classified as a member of Sterculiaceae. It contains roughly 20 species of small understory trees native to the tropical forests of Central and South America...
.
Subspecies
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