Anna's Eighty-eight
Diaethria anna (Guérin-Méneville, [1844])
Family: Nymphalidae
Subfamily: Biblidinae
Identification: Upperside is brown with a wide, metallic green band across the forewing. Underside of hindwing is white with a red costal margin and a black-outlined "88."
Wing Span: Not reported.
Life History: Not reported.
Flight: March-December in Mexico.
Caterpillar Hosts: Tropical plants in the elm and soapberry families.
Adult Food: Rotting fruit and dung.
Habitat: Wet tropical forests.
Range: Costa Rica north to Mexico. A rare stray to South Texas.
Conservation: Not required for rare stray.
NCGR:
Management Needs: None reported.
Comments: NULL
Verified Sightings
Displaying 1 - 9 of 9 verified sightings
Observation date: Jul 24, 2013
Submitted by: Roselvy Juárez
Region: Santa Ana, El Salvador
Verified by: John van Dort
Verified date: Aug 27, 2013
Observation date: Mar 19, 2013
Submitted by: marcojoseph
Region: Lempira, Honduras
Verified by: John van Dort
Verified date: Apr 30, 2013
Observation date: Oct 02, 2010
Submitted by: Doug Taron
Region: Veracruz-Llave, Mexico
Verified by: Doug Taron
Verified date: Jan 07, 2013
Observation date: Oct 16, 2006
Submitted by: legacy.reporter (Mike Overton, Paul Opler)
Region: Tamaulipas, Mexico
Verified by: legacy.verifier (Mike Overton)
Verified date: Oct 01, 2007
Observation date: Oct 17, 2006
Submitted by: legacy.reporter (Mike Overton, Paul Opler)
Region: Tamaulipas, Mexico
Verified by: legacy.verifier (Mike Overton)
Verified date: Oct 01, 2007
Observation date: Oct 16, 2006
Submitted by: legacy.reporter (Mike Overton, Paul Opler)
Region: Tamaulipas, Mexico
Verified by: legacy.verifier (Mike Overton)
Verified date: Oct 01, 2007
Observation date: unknown
Submitted by: legacy.reporter
Region: Sinaloa, Mexico
Verified by: legacy.verifier
Verified date: Dec 31, 2004
Observation date: unknown
Submitted by: legacy.reporter
Region: Tamaulipas, Mexico
Verified by: legacy.verifier
Verified date: Dec 31, 2004
Observation date: unknown
Submitted by: legacy.reporter
Region: Brewster County, Texas, United States
Verified by: legacy.verifier
Verified date: Dec 31, 2004