Diaethria anna
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Diaethria anna (Anna's eighty-eight) | |
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D. anna
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Diaethria anna (Guérin-Méneville, 1844)
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Anna's eighty-eight (Diaethria anna) 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.
The caterpillars feed on tropical plants in the families Ulmaceae and Sapindaceae. Adults feed on rotting fruit and dung.
Subspecies are:
- Diaethria anna anna
- Diaethria anna salvadorensis
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