Lycorea halia halia

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

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.[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 Lepidopterists' Society. 46 (4): 273–279.
  2. ^ Markku Savela. "Lycorea Doubleday, [1847]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. FUNET. Retrieved February 14, 2017.


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