Diaethria eluina
| Diaethria eluina | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Diaethria |
| Species: | D. eluina |
| Binomial name | |
| Diaethria eluina (Hewitson, [1855]) | |
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The Eluina Eighty-eight (Diaethria eluina) is a species of butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found from Peru to Bolivia and Brazil.
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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