Lycorea halia halia

Tropical Milkweed Butterfly
Lycorea halia halia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Lycorea
Species: L. halia
Trinomial name
Lycorea halia halia
(Hübner, 1816)
Synonyms
  • Eueides halia Hübner, 1816
  • Papilio ceres Cramer, [1776]
  • Lycorea halia pieteri Lamas, 1978

The Tropical Milkweed Butterfly (Lycorea halia halia) is a subspecies of (Lycorea halia) of nymphalid butterfly in the Danainae subfamily. It is found from Suriname, French Guiana, Peru to the Caribbean[1][2] Its habitat is tropical rainforest.

References

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. ↑ "Lycorea". nic.funet.fi. Retrieved 2015-03-10.


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