West-Mexican Eighty-eight

Diaethria asteria

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae

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.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

Sources and credits

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West-Mexican Eighty-eight

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