Lycorea halia

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Tropical milkweed butterfly
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Lycorea
Species:
L. halia
Binomial name
Lycorea halia
(Hübner, 1816) [1]
Synonyms
  • Eueides haliaHübner, 1816
  • Papilio ceresCramer, [1776]
  • Lycorea halia pieteriLamas, 1978
  • Heliconia cleobaeaGodart, [1819]
  • Lycorea halia domingensisNiepelt, 1927
  • Lycorea atergatisDoubleday, [1847]
  • Lycorea cleobaea roqueanaBryk, 1953
  • Lycorea halia minusculaBryk, 1953

Lycorea halia, the tropical milkweed butterfly (also known as tiger-mimic queen), is a species of nymphalid butterfly in the Danainae subfamily. It is found from Peru to the Caribbean [2] and Mexico. Strays can be found as far north as Texas. The habitat consists of rainforest.

Contents

The wingspan is about 95–108 mm. Adults feed on bird droppings.

The larvae feed on Carica papaya , Ficus carica , Asclepias curassavica and Jacaratia .

Subspecies

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<i>Lycorea halia halia</i> Subspecies of butterfly

Lycorea halia halia, the tropical milkweed butterfly, is a subspecies of Lycorea halia, also called the tropical milkweed butterfly, a nymphalid butterfly in the Danainae subfamily. It is found from Suriname, French Guiana and Peru to the Caribbean. Its habitat is tropical rainforest.

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References

  1. "Lycorea Doubleday, [1847]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Van-Wright, R.I.; Ackery, P.R.; Turner, T. (1992). "Anetia Jaegeri, Danaus Cleophile and Lycoriea cleobaea from Jamaica (Nymphalide: Danaine)". Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society. 46 (4): 273–279.