Lycorea halia

Tropical milkweed butterfly
From MHNT
Ventral view, same specimen
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
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.

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

• L. h. halia (Suriname, French Guiana)
• L. h. cleobaea (Godart, 1819) (Antilles, Dominican Republic)
• L. h. atergatis Doubleday, [1847] (Mexico to Venezuela, Colombia)
• L. h. palesC. & R. Felder, 1862 (Peru, Brazil (Acre))
• L. h. demeterC. & R. Felder, 1865 (Cuba)
• L. h. cinnamomeaWeymer, 1883 (Brazil (Amazonas))
• L. h. discretaHaensch, 1909 (Brazil (Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro, Bahia))
• L. h. fasciataHaensch, 1909 (Ecuador)
• L. h. transiensRiley, 1919 (Brazil (Amazonas))
• L. h. [n. ssp.#2] Lamas, (Trinidad)

Gallery

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  L. h. halia French Guiana
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  L. h. atergalis Colombia
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  L. h. cleobaea
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  Feeding
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  caterpillar

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.

External links

• Lycorea halia, Butterflies and Moths of North America