The forewings are black. At the wing tip there is a very thin and short blue stripe. The wing is dominated by a blue band.
The underside of Diaethria eluina is red, but the outer edge is black. The black area contains two thin white stripes.

The hind wings of Diaethria eluina are black.  At the back edge there is a blue band.
The underside is white. In the middle of the wing you can see two times the cipher eight. One of these ciphers is a little bit misshapen. The ciphers are associated. At the outer edge there are three black lines.  Next to the body there are also two black lines. Furthermore the wing leading edge is red.

The body is black, but the underside has some white stripes. 

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The first description of this butterfly was in 1852 by Hewitson. There is only one subspecies.

• Diaethria eluina lidwina   [C. & R. Felder, 1862]

For the distinction in relation to other Diaethria species the following criteria can be used:

• The ciphers are associated.
• The red from the wing leading edge overlaps one cipher.
  
  
  

• CITES: (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora):
  
  -no entry- (as at 23.06.2005)
  
  
• EU regulation on trading with species of wild Fauna and Flora
  
  -no entry- (as at 19.08.2005)
  
  
• IUCN Red List of threatened species:
  
  -no entry- (as at 2004)  (see: www.redlist.org/)
  
  
  

Diaethria clymena Cramer 1775 

Diaethria meridionalis Bates  

Diaethria eluina Hewitson 1852

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• Kingdom:    ANIMALIA
• Phylum:    ARTHROPODA
• Class:    INSECTA
• Order:    LEPIDOPTERA
• Suborder:    DITRYSIA
• Superfamily:    PAPILIONOIDAE
• Family:    NYMPHALIDAE
• Subfamily:    BIBLIDINAE
• Tribe:    CALLICORINI
• Genus:    DIAETHRIA
• Specific name:    ELUINA

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