''Diaethria neglecta'' is a species of butterfly 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 ...

''. It was described by

Osbert Salvin Osbert Salvin (25 February 1835 – 1 June 1898) was an English natural history, naturalist, Ornithology, ornithologist, and Herpetology, herpetologist best known for co-authoring ''Biologia Centrali-Americana'' (1879–1915) with Frederick DuC ...

in 1869. It is found in

Bolivia Bolivia, officially the Plurinational State of Bolivia, is a landlocked country located in central South America. The country features diverse geography, including vast Amazonian plains, tropical lowlands, mountains, the Gran Chaco Province, w ...

Peru Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the south and west by the Pac ...

Ecuador Ecuador, officially the Republic of Ecuador, is a country in northwestern South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and the Pacific Ocean on the west. It also includes the Galápagos Province which contain ...

Colombia Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country primarily located in South America with Insular region of Colombia, insular regions in North America. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Caribbean Sea to the north, Venezuel ...

and

Venezuela Venezuela, officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many Federal Dependencies of Venezuela, islands and islets in the Caribbean Sea. It com ...

. All ''Diaethria'' species are commonly called eighty-eights because of the patterns on the hindwing undersides.

Subspecies

*''D. n. neglecta'' (Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia) *''D. n. merida'' (Honrath, 1884) (Venezuela) Honrath1884BerlEntZ28Part1TafVII

Description

The

wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the opposite wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777–200 has a wingspan of , and a wandering albatross (''Diomedea exulans'') caught in 1965 had a wingsp ...

of ''Diaethria neglecta'' is about . The uppersides is black, marked on the forewings with a diagonal band of metallic blue or green. The colour is repeated on the hindwings in the form of a submarginal band. The hindwing undersides pattern consists of black dots surrounded by concentric white and black lines, and looks like the number "89" or "98".

Habitats and Distribution

This common species occurs from

Panama Panama, officially the Republic of Panama, is a country in Latin America at the southern end of Central America, bordering South America. It is bordered by Costa Rica to the west, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean Sea to the north, and ...

at elevations of 200–1700 m, in rain- and cloudforests where the larval foodplant

Trema Trema may refer to: * a Greek and Latin root meaning ''hole'' * Trema, a term for the two dots (diacritic) ** Tréma, (French), a diaeresis * ''Trema'' (plant), a genus of about 15 species of small evergreen trees * Tréma (record label), a Fr ...

(

Cannabaceae Cannabaceae is a small family of flowering plants, known as the hemp family. As now circumscribed, the family includes about 170 species grouped in about 11 genera, including '' Cannabis'' (hemp), '' Humulus'' (hops) and '' Celtis'' (hackberri ...

) grows.

References

Biblidinae Butterflies described in 1869 Nymphalidae of South America Taxa named by Osbert Salvin Lepidoptera of Venezuela Lepidoptera of Colombia Lepidoptera of Ecuador Lepidoptera of Peru Lepidoptera of Bolivia {{Biblidinae-stub