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Diaethria
eighty-eight butterflies
Diaethria is a genus of brush-footed butterflies in the subfamily Biblidinae, distributed across the Neotropics from Mexico to Paraguay. The genus is renowned for distinctive ventral hindwing patterns that resemble the numerals "88" or "89," formed by black dots surrounded by concentric white and black lines. Adults are vividly colored with aposematic black, white, and red wing patterns. The genus comprises approximately twelve described species, including well-known taxa such as D. clymena and D. anna.