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 .
The larvae feed on Trema lamarckiana, Trema micrantha, and Theobroma.
Subspecies
Listed alphabetically.Diaethria, funet.fi D. c. aurelia (Guenée, 1872) D. c. beleses (Godman & Salvin, 1889) (Panama) D. c. bourcieri (Guenée, 1872) (Ecuador) D. c. clymena (Guyana, Brazil (Amazonas)) D. c. colombiana (Viette, 1958) (Colombia) D. c. consobrina (Guérin-Méneville, ) (Colombia, Venezuela) D. c. dodone (Guenée, 1872) (Colombia) D. c. janeira (C. Felder, 1862) (Brazil (Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo), Paraguay) D. c. juani Neild, 1996 (Venezuela, Trinidad) D. c. marchalii (Guérin-Méneville, ) (Nicaragua to Colombia) D. c. meridionalis (Bates, 1864) (Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina)) D. c. peruviana (Guenée, 1872) (Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador) D. c. seropina (Röber, 1924) (Brazil (Pará))
References
External links Diaethria clymena, Butterfly Corner Friday Fellow: Cramer's Eighty Eight at Earthling Nature , Learn About Butterflies