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Widespread Eighty-eight
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Butterflies & moths

Widespread Eighty-eight

Diaethria clymena (Cramer, 1775)

Names

EnglishWidespread Eighty-eight
Dutch—
SpanishMariposa ochenta y ocho común
Chinese红涡蛱蝶
Sranan Tongokapelka (general name for the group)
Scientific nameDiaethria clymena (Cramer, 1775)

About this species

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.

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderLepidoptera
FamilyNymphalidae
GenusDiaethria

In Suriname

2Records in Suriname
3iNaturalist observations
2015First record
2017Latest record

Where it has been recorded

  • Brokopondo1
  • Sipaliwini1

Districts with at least one record that has coordinates. Shaded districts have records.

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