Diaethria eluina

Diaethria eluina, the eluina eighty-eight, is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found from Peru to Bolivia and Brazil.

Diaethria eluina
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Diaethria
Species:
D. eluina
Binomial name
Diaethria eluina
(Hewitson, [1855])
Synonyms
  • Catagramma eluina Hewitson, [1855]
  • Callicore coelinula Guenée, 1872
  • Callicore brevipalpis Guenée, 1872

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.

Subspecies
  • Diaethria eluina eluina (Brazil (Minas Gerais), Paraguay)
  • Diaethria eluina lidwina (C. & R. Felder, 1862) (Peru)
  • Diaethria eluina splendidus (Oberthür, 1916) (Brazil (Goiás))


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