Diaethria neglecta

Diaethria neglecta
	Diaethria n. neglecta, male's uppersides
	Diaethria n. neglecta, male's hindwing underside
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Diaethria
Species:	D. neglecta
Binomial name
	Diaethria neglecta; (Salvin, 1869)
Synonyms
	Callicore neglecta Salvin, 1869; Callicore granatensis Guenée, 1872; Callicore nitens Oberthür, 1916; Callicore difascia d'Almeida, 1931; Callicore neglecta merida Honrath, 1884;

Diaethria neglecta is a species of butterfly of the genus Diaethria. It was described by Osbert Salvin in 1869. It is found in Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia and Venezuela. All Diaethria species are commonly called eighty-eights because of the patterns on the hindwing undersides.

Subspecies

D. n. neglecta (Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia)
D. n. merida (Honrath, 1884) (Venezuela)

Description

The wingspan of Diaethria neglecta is about 38 millimetres (1.5 in).

The uppersides is black, marked on the forewings with a diagonal band of metallic blue or green. The colour is repeated on the hindwings in the form of a submarginal band. The hindwing undersides pattern consists of black dots surrounded by concentric white and black lines, and looks like the number "89" or "98".

Habitats and Distribution

This common species occurs from Panama to Bolivia at elevations of 200–1700 m, in rain- and cloudforests where the larval foodplant Trema (Cannabaceae) grows.

References

^ Diaethria at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

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[1] Diaethria at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

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