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Anna's Eighty-eight
Diaethria anna (Anna's eighty-eight)
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D. anna
Binomial name
Diaethria anna''

Anna's Eighty-eight (Diaethria anna) 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. 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 elm and soapberry families. Adults feed on rotting fruit and dung.

Subspecies are:

  • Diaethria anna anna
  • Diaethria anna salvadorensis

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