Diaethria clymena | |
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Dorsal view | |
D. c. juani (ventral view), Trinidad | |
Scientific classification | |
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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Subspecies | |
13, see text | |
Synonyms | |
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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.
The wingspan is about 30–40 millimetres (1.2–1.6 in).
The larvae feed on Trema lamarckiana, Trema micrantha, and Theobroma.