''Diaethria euclides'' is a species of

butterfly Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The group comprises ...

of the genus ''

Diaethria ''Diaethria'' is a brush-footed butterfly genus found in the Neotropical realm, ranging from Mexico to Paraguay. Species in this genus are commonly called eighty-eights like the related genera '' Callicore'' and ''Perisama'', in reference to th ...

''. It was described by

Pierre André Latreille Pierre André Latreille (; 29 November 1762 – 6 February 1833) was a French zoology, zoologist, specialising in arthropods. Having trained as a Roman Catholic priest before the French Revolution, Latreille was imprisoned, and only regained hi ...

in 1809. It is found from eastern Colombia to north-western

Venezuela Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in ...

, western

Ecuador Ecuador ( ; ; Quechuan languages, Quechua: ''Ikwayur''; Shuar language, Shuar: ''Ecuador'' or ''Ekuatur''), officially the Republic of Ecuador ( es, República del Ecuador, which literally translates as "Republic of the Equator"; Quechuan ...

and

Peru , image_flag = Flag of Peru.svg , image_coat = Escudo nacional del Perú.svg , other_symbol = Great Seal of the State , other_symbol_type = Seal (emblem), National seal , national_motto = "Fi ...

Subspecies

*''D. e. euclides'' (Peru) *''D. e. artemis'' (Röber, 1915) (Colombia) *''D. e. gueneei'' (Röber, 1915) (Ecuador) *''D. e. metiscus'' (Doubleday, 1849) (Venezuela) *'' D. e. phlogea'' (Salvin & Godman, 1868) (Colombia) *''D. e. phlogeides'' (Röber, 1915) (Colombia)

References

Biblidinae Butterflies described in 1809 Nymphalidae of South America Taxa named by Pierre André Latreille {{Biblidinae-stub