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Diaethria clymena
The wingspan is about 30–40 mm. Adults are black with a blue band on each wing. The underside is red and white with black stripes that look like an outlined number eighty-eight. This butterfly is a member of the family NYMPHALIDAE.
Diaethria clymena is a butterfly from the Neotropic (South America). The distribution extends from México (South) to Peru and Brazil.
Xico, Veracruz, México
Spotted on Sep 25, 2011
Submitted on Sep 25, 2011
3 Comments
Wow. I want to see one of those someday.
Lovely,
Foto super chula! very pretty picture of the 88!