Lycorea halia halia

Lycorea halia halia
Scientific classification
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

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.
Markku Savela. "Lycorea Doubleday, [1847]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. FUNET. Retrieved February 14, 2017.

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