Lycorea halia

Tropical milkweed butterfly
	From MHNT
	Ventral view, same specimen
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Lycorea
Species:	L. halia
Binomial name
	Lycorea halia; (Hübner, 1816)
Synonyms
	Eueides halia Hübner, 1816; Papilio ceres Cramer, [1776] ; Lycorea halia pieteri Lamas, 1978; Heliconia cleobaea Godart, [1819] ; Lycorea halia domingensis Niepelt, 1927; Lycorea atergatis Doubleday, [1847] ; Lycorea cleobaea roqueana Bryk, 1953; Lycorea halia minuscula Bryk, 1953 ;

Lycorea halia, the tropical milkweed butterfly, 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. pales C. & R. Felder, 1862 (Peru, Brazil (Acre))
L. h. demeter C. & R. Felder, 1865 (Cuba)
L. h. cinnamomea Weymer, 1883 (Brazil (Amazonas))
L. h. discreta Haensch, 1909 (Brazil (Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro, Bahia))
L. h. fasciata Haensch, 1909 (Ecuador)
L. h. transiens Riley, 1919 (Brazil (Amazonas))

Gallery

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

References

^ "Lycorea Doubleday, [1847]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
^ 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

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[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.

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