Tiger Mimic-Queen

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.
Tropical Milkweed Butterfly or Tiger-mimic Queen It constantly surprises me how many different butterfly species use this orange and black pattern. Geotagged,Lycorea halia,Trinidad and Tobago,Tropical Milkweed Butterfly,Winter,black,butterfly,insect,nature,orange,stripe,wildlife,yellow

Appearance

The wingspan is about 95–108 mm. Adults feed on bird droppings.
Lycorea halia Clearwing-mimic Queen,Geotagged,Lycorea halia,Lycorea ilione,Tropical Milkweed Butterfly,Venezuela,Winter

Naming

* "Lycorea halia halia"
⤷  "Lycorea halia cleobaea"
⤷  "Lycorea halia atergatis" Doubleday, [1847]
⤷  "Lycorea halia pales" C. & R. Felder, 1862 )
⤷  "Lycorea halia demeter" C. & R. Felder, 1865
⤷  "Lycorea halia cinnamomea" Weymer, 1883 )
⤷  "Lycorea halia discreta" Haensch, 1909 )
⤷  "Lycorea halia fasciata" Haensch, 1909
⤷  "Lycorea halia transiens" Riley, 1919 )
Lycorea halia, La Isla Escondida, Colombia Poorly framed photo, sorry. Colombia,Colombia 2024,Fall,Geotagged,La Isla Escondida,Lycorea halia,South America,Tiger Mimic-Queen,World

Food

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

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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderLepidoptera
FamilyNymphalidae
GenusLycorea
SpeciesL. halia
Photographed in
Colombia
Trinidad and Tobago
Venezuela