Diaethria clymena, the Cramer's eighty-eight, is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found from Mexico to Peru and Brazil. It was described to science by Pieter Cramer, in a fascicle of De uitlandsche Kapellen, 1775.
| Diaethria clymena | |
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| Dorsal view | |
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| D. c. juani (ventral view), Trinidad | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Diaethria |
| Species: | D. clymena
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| Binomial name | |
| Diaethria clymena (Cramer, [1775])
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13, see text | |
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The wingspan is about 30–40 millimetres (1.2–1.6 in).
The larvae feed on Trema lamarckiana, Trema micrantha, and Theobroma.
Subspecies edit
Listed alphabetically.[1]
- D. c. aurelia (Guenée, 1872)
- D. c. beleses (Godman & Salvin, 1889) (Panama)
- D. c. bourcieri (Guenée, 1872) (Ecuador)
- D. c. clymena (Guyana, Brazil (Amazonas))
- D. c. colombiana (Viette, 1958) (Colombia)
- D. c. consobrina (Guérin-Méneville, [1844]) (Colombia, Venezuela)
- D. c. dodone (Guenée, 1872) (Colombia)
- D. c. janeira (C. Felder, 1862) (Brazil (Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo), Paraguay)
- D. c. juani Neild, 1996 (Venezuela, Trinidad)
- D. c. marchalii (Guérin-Méneville, [1844]) (Nicaragua to Colombia)
- D. c. meridionalis (Bates, 1864) (Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina))
- D. c. peruviana (Guenée, 1872) (Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador)
- D. c. seropina (Röber, 1924) (Brazil (Pará))
References edit
External links edit
- Diaethria clymena, Butterfly Corner
- Friday Fellow: Cramer's Eighty Eight at Earthling Nature
- Butterflies of the Amazon and Andes: 88 butterfly, Learn About Butterflies