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{{Short description|Species of butterfly}}
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| name = Anna's eighty-eight
| name = Anna's eighty-eight
| image = Eighty-eight Butterfly (Diaethria anna).JPG
| image = Eighty-eight Butterfly (Diaethria anna).JPG
| image_width = 250px
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| taxon = Diaethria anna
| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
| authority = ([[Félix Édouard Guérin-Méneville|Guérin-Méneville]], 1844)
| phylum = [[Arthropod]]a
| classis = [[Insect]]a
| ordo = [[Lepidoptera]]
| familia = [[Nymphalidae]]
| genus = ''[[Diaethria]]''
| species = '''''D. anna'''''
| binomial = ''Diaethria anna''
| binomial_authority = ([[Félix Édouard Guérin-Méneville|Guérin-Méneville]], 1844)
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'''''Diaethria anna''''', the '''Anna's eighty-eight''', is a [[butterfly]] in wet tropical forests in [[Middle America (Americas)|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 (number)|88]]", giving the species its common name.
'''''Diaethria anna''''', also known as '''Anna's eighty-eight''' or '''Finita Burrasca ''', is a [[butterfly]] in wet tropical forests in [[Middle America (Americas)|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 (number)|88]]", giving the species its common name. Its markings occasionally appear more like of "[[98 (number)|98]]" or "[[89 (number)|89]]".


The [[caterpillar]]s feed on tropical plants in the families [[Ulmaceae]] and [[Sapindaceae]]. Adults feed on rotting fruit and dung.
The [[caterpillar]]s feed on tropical plants in the families [[Ulmaceae]] and [[Sapindaceae]]. Adults feed on rotting fruit and dung.
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==References==
==References==
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*[http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species?l=1804 Species Detail: Anna's Eighty-eight. Butterflies and Moths of North America]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20141011153409/http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species/Diaethria-anna Species Detail: Anna's Eighty-eight. Butterflies and Moths of North America]


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[[Category:Biblidinae]]
[[Category:Biblidinae]]
[[Category:Insects described in 1844]]
[[Category:Butterflies described in 1844]]
[[Category:Butterflies of the United States]]
[[Category:Butterflies of Central America]]
[[Category:Butterflies of South America]]
[[Category:Nymphalidae of South America]]
[[Category:Taxa named by Félix Édouard Guérin-Méneville]]
[[Category:Lepidoptera of Mexico]]
[[Category:Lepidoptera of Brazil]]
[[Category:Lepidoptera of Colombia]]
[[Category:Lepidoptera of Peru]]
[[Category:Lepidoptera of Venezuela]]





Latest revision as of 17:01, 23 August 2024

Anna's eighty-eight
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Diaethria
Species:
D. anna
Binomial name
Diaethria anna

Diaethria anna, also known as Anna's eighty-eight or Finita Burrasca , 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. Its markings occasionally appear more like of "98" or "89".

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

References

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