Lycorea

Lycorea is a genus of butterflies from the family Nymphalidae found in Mexico, Central America, and South America.

Lycorea
Lycorea halia - MHNT
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Subtribe: Euploeina
Genus: Lycorea
Doubleday, [1847]
Species

See text

Species

Listed alphabetically.[1]

  • Lycorea halia (Hübner, 1816) – tropical milkweed butterfly
  • Lycorea ilione (Cramer, [1775]) – clearwing mimic queen
  • Lycorea pasinuntia (Stoll, [1780]) – pasinuntia mimic queen

References

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


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