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Lycorea halia

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Nymphalidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Lycorea

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Similar
  
Lycorea, Lycorea halia cleobaea, Mechanitis lysimnia, Danaus eresimus, Temenis laothoe

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Lycorea halia, the tropical milkweed butterfly, is a species of nymphalid butterfly in the Danainae subfamily. It is found from Peru to the Caribbean and Mexico. Strays can be found as far north as Texas. The habitat consists of rainforest.

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The wingspan is about 95–108 mm. Adults feed on bird droppings.

The larvae feed on Carica papaya, Ficus carica, Asclepias curassavica and Jacaratia.

Transformacion de oruga a crisalida lycorea halia atergatis


Subspecies

Lycorea halia Lycorea halia atergatis live adults

  • 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))

    • Lycorea halia Lycorea halia atergatis E Doubleday 1847

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    References

    Lycorea halia Wikipedia
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