Diaethria astala

Diaethria astala
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Diaethria
Species:	D. astala
Binomial name
	Diaethria astala; (Guérin-Méneville, 1844)
Synonyms
	Catagramma astala Guérin-Méneville, [1844]; Callicore astala; Callicore cornelia Herrich-Schäffer, [1850]; Callicore asteria Godman & Salvin, 1894;

Diaethria astala, the faded eighty-eight or navy eighty-eight, is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found from Mexico to Colombia.

The larvae feed on Serjania, Paullinia and Cardiospermum species.

Subspecies[]

Diaethria astala astala (Mexico)
Diaethria astala asteria (Mexico)
Diaethria astala asteroide (Mexico)

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