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.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Diaethria |
| Species: | D. astala
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| Binomial name | |
| Diaethria astala (Guérin-Méneville, 1844)
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The larvae feed on Serjania, Paullinia and Cardiospermum species.
Subspecies
edit- Diaethria astala astala (Mexico)
- Diaethria astala asteria (Mexico)
- Diaethria astala asteroide (Mexico)
External links
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