Cramer's Eighty-eight

Diaethria clymena

"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.
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Appearance

The wingspan is about 30–40 millimetres. 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.
My What Big Eyes You Have I just love these butterflies with their distinctive wing pattern. We saw these at a place along the road where we stopped to view tanagers on the way to a Brazilian Atlantic Forest reserve (REGUA). Atlantic forest,Brazil,Cramer's Eighty-eight,Diaethria clymena,Geotagged,REGUA,Spring

Naming

Listed alphabetically.
⤷ "Diaethria clymena aurelia"
⤷ "Diaethria clymena beleses"
⤷ "Diaethria clymena bourcieri"
⤷ "Diaethria clymena clymena" )
⤷ "Diaethria clymena colombiana"
⤷ "Diaethria clymena consobrina"
⤷ "Diaethria clymena dodone"
⤷ "Diaethria clymena janeira", Paraguay)
⤷ "Diaethria clymena juani" Neild, 1996
⤷ "Diaethria clymena marchalii"
⤷ "Diaethria clymena meridionalis" )
⤷ "Diaethria clymena peruviana"
⤷ "Diaethria clymena seropina" )
Metalmark, Trampoline of Death, Colombia Another iPhone shot, sorry for the poor quality but I find the species interesting. I'd say it's likely a metalmark but haven't found a close match yet. Colombia,Colombia 2018,Colombia South,Cramer's Eighty-eight,Diaethria clymena,Fall,Geotagged,South America,Trampoline of Death

Food

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

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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderLepidoptera
FamilyNymphalidae
GenusDiaethria
SpeciesD. clymena