Diaethria is a brush-footed butterfly genus

Genus

In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...

 found in the Neotropical Ecozone, ranging from Mexico to Paraguay.

Species in this genus are commonly called eighty-eights like the related genera Callicore

Callicore

Callicore is a genus of nymphalid butterfly found in the Neotropical Ecozone. This genus, like some related ones, was formerly lumped together as the paraphyletic "Catagramma" assemblage....

and Perisama, in reference to the characteristic patterns on the hindwing undersides of many. In Diaethria, the pattern consists of black dots surrounded by concentric

Concentric

Concentric objects share the same center, axis or origin with one inside the other. Circles, tubes, cylindrical shafts, disks, and spheres may be concentric to one another...

 white and black lines, and typically looks like the numbers "88" or "89".

Species

Listed alphabetically.

• Diaethria anna
  Diaethria anna
  Anna's Eighty-eight is a butterfly in wet tropical forests in Central America and South 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...
  
  – Anna's Eighty-eight
• Diaethria astala
  Diaethria astala
  The Faded Eighty-eight or Navy Eighty-eight is a species of butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found from Mexico to Colombia.The larvae feed on Serjania, Paullinia and Cardiospermum species.-Subspecies:...
  
  (Guérin-Méneville, 1844) – Faded Eighty-eight, Navy Eighty-eight
• Diaethria asteria (Godman & Salvin, 1900)
• Diaethria candrena
  Diaethria candrena
  The Candrena Eighty-eight or Number Eighty is a species of butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Argentina and Brazil....
  
  (Godart, 1824) – Candrena Eighty-eight or Number Eighty
• Diaethria clymena
  Diaethria clymena
  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...
  
  (Cramer, 1775) – Cramer's Eighty-eight
• Diaethria eluina
  Diaethria eluina
  The Eluina Eighty-eight is a species of butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found from Peru to Bolivia and Brazil.The wingspan is about 30–40 mm. Adults are black with a blue band on each wing...
  
  (Hewitson, 1852) – Eluina Eighty-eight
• Diaethria euclides (Latreille, 1809)
• Diaethria eupepla (Godman & Salvin, 1874)
• Diaethria gabaza (Hewitson, 1852)
• Diaethria gueneei (Röber, 1914)
• Diaethria lidwina
• Diaethria metiscus
• Diaethria neglecta Salvin, 1869
• Diaethria panthalis
• Diaethria pavira
• Diaethria phlogea
  Diaethria phlogea
  The 89'98 Butterfly is a species of butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Colombia, South America.Its common name is due to the number 89 and 98 that appear on the undersides of its wing....
  
  (Godman & Salvin, 1868)

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