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Lycorea halia cleobaea

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Subspecies of butterfly

Lycorea halia cleobaea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Lycorea
Species: L. halia
Subspecies: L. h. cleobaea
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 endemic to the island of Hispaniola (Haiti and the Dominican Republic) in the Caribbean. Its habitat is the tropical rainforest.

References

  1. 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.
  2. Markku Savela. "Lycorea Doubleday, [1847]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. FUNET. Retrieved February 14, 2017.
Taxon identifiers
Lycorea halia cleobaea
Lycorea cleobaea


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