Annas eighty-eight

Diaethria anna

''Diaethria anna'', also known as Anna's eighty-eight, is a butterfly in wet tropical forests in Middle America. On rare occasions, it can be found as a stray in south Texas. Its upperside is dark brown with a metallic bluish-green band on the forewings. The underside of the forewings are red, which is followed by a wide, black band and then white tips; the underside of the hindwings is white, with lines that approximate a black-outlined "88", giving the species its common name.
Anna's Eighty-eight In the San Eusebio Cloud Forest near Merida Annas eighty-eight,Diaethria anna,Merida,San Eusebio Cloud Forest

Naming

Subspecies are:
⤷  ''Diaethria anna anna''
⤷  ''Diaethria anna salvadorensis''
Anna's Eighty-eight In the San Eusebio Cloud Forest Annas eighty-eight,Diaethria anna,Merida,San Eusebio Cloud Forest

Food

The caterpillars feed on tropical plants in the families Ulmaceae and Sapindaceae. Adults feed on rotting fruit and dung.

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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderLepidoptera
FamilyNymphalidae
GenusDiaethria
SpeciesD. anna
Photographed in
Venezuela