Diaethria anna
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 Diaethria anna (Anna's eighty-eight)
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| Diaethria anna (Guerin, 1844) |
Anna's Eighty-eight (Diaethria anna) is a butterfly in wet tropical forests from Costa Rica to Mexico. 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.
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- Anna's Eighty-eight - close-up photo, taken near Teocelo, Veracruz, Mexico.
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