#anna's eighty-eight

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Say hello to Diaethria anna, aka Anna's eighty-eight, a type of butterfly named for what appears to be numbers on its wings.

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ÀŃÑÄ'Š ÊĪGHTŸ-ĒĮGHT BÜTTĘRFŁŸ

eighty-eight!!!!!! that's a great number!!!!!!!

circle!!!!! circle!!!!!!!!! circle!!!!!!!!!!! circle!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Anna's eighty-eight (Diaethria anna)

© Keenan Murphy

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Anna's Eighty-eight (Diaethria anna)

...a species of Eighty-eight butterfly (Diaethria spp.) which is known to occur in wet tropical forests in Central America and South America. It is also rarely encounterd as a stray in south Texas. Adults will feed on nectar, rotting fruit, and dung, and are noted for the black outlines on their hindwings which are very reminsiect of an "88". Diathria anna caterpillars are known to associate with and feed on elm and soapberries. 

Classification

Animalia-Arthropoda-Insecta-Lepidoptera-Nymphalidae-Diaethria-D. anna

Image: Charlesjsharp

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Anna's Eighty-eight (Diaethria anna) (by Bill Bouton)