88 butterfly

88 butterfly

Anna’s Eighty-eight (Diaethria anna) is a species of tiny brush leg butterfly native to wet rainforests of Central and South America. These butterflies are members of the genus Diaethria and commonly known as 88 butterfly. The upper part of their wings are brown or black with metallic blue band. The underpart of the upper two wings are bright red with wide black and thin white band and the underpart of the lower wings are white with black marking. Tthe marking create the number “88” which is why they are known as the 88 butterfly.

88 Butterfly