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Diaethria astala

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Species of butterfly

Diaethria astala
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Diaethria
Species: D. astala
Binomial name
Diaethria astala
(Guérin-Méneville, 1844)
Synonyms
  • Catagramma astala Guérin-Méneville,
  • Callicore astala
  • Callicore cornelia Herrich-Schäffer,
  • Callicore asteria Godman & Salvin, 1894

Diaethria astala, the faded eighty-eight or navy eighty-eight, is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found from Mexico to Colombia.

The larvae feed on Serjania, Paullinia and Cardiospermum species.

Subspecies

  • Diaethria astala astala (Mexico)
  • Diaethria astala asteria (Mexico)
  • Diaethria astala asteroide (Mexico)

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Taxon identifiers
Diaethria astala


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