Lycorea halia

Lycorea halia, the tropical milkweed butterfly (also known as tiger-mimic queen), 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.

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)[1]
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

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))

References
  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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