Lycorea halia
| Tropical Milkweed Butterfly | |
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| Lycorea halia - MHNT | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Lycorea |
| Species: | L. halia |
| Binomial name | |
| Lycorea halia (Hübner, 1816)[1] | |
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The Tropical Milkweed Butterfly (Lycorea halia) 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 Jacartia.
Subspecies
- Lycorea halia halia (Suriname, French Guiana)
- Lycorea halia cleobaea (Godart, 1819) (Antilles, Dominican Republic)
- Lycorea halia atergatis Doubleday, [1847] (Mexico to Venezuela, Colombia)
- Lycorea halia pales C. & R. Felder, 1862 (Peru, Brazil (Acre))
- Lycorea halia demeter C. & R. Felder, 1865 (Cuba)
- Lycorea halia cinnamomea Weymer, 1883 (Brazil (Amazonas))
- Lycorea halia discreta Haensch, 1909 (Brazil (Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro, Bahia))
- Lycorea halia fasciata Haensch, 1909 (Ecuador)
- Lycorea halia transiens Riley, 1919 (Brazil (Amazonas))
Gallery
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Lycorea halia halia French Guiana
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Lycorea halia atergalis Colombia
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Lycorea halia cleobaea
References
- ↑ Lycorea halia, Funet.fi
- ↑ Van-Wright, R.I.; Ackery, P.R.; Turner, T. (1992). "Anetia Jaegeri, Danaus Cleophile and Lycoriea cleobaea from Jamaica (Nymphalide: Danaine)". Journal of the Lepidopterist's Society 46 (4): 273–279.
External links
- Lycorea halia, Butterflies and moths of North America