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Lycorea cleobaea

Lycorea halia cleobaea
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Lycorea
Species: L. halia
Trinomial name
Lycorea halia cleobaea
(Godart, 1819)
Synonyms
  • Heliconia cleobaea Godart, 1819
  • Lycorea halia domingensis Niepelt, 1927

Lycorea halia cleobaea, 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 the Antilles, Dominican Republic and the Caribbean. Its habitat is tropical rainforest.



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