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Lycorea cleobaea halia (Butterfly)

Synonyms: Eueides halia; Lycorea halia; Lycorea halia atergatis; Lycorea halia demeter

Wikipedia Abstract

The Tropical Milkweed Butterfly (Lycorea halia) 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. The wingspan is about 95–108 mm. Adults feed on bird droppings. The larvae feed on Carica papaya, Ficus carica, Asclepias curassavica, and Jacaratia.
View Wikipedia Record: Lycorea cleobaea halia

Prey / Diet

Asclepias curassavica (bloodflower)[1]
Carica papaya (papaya)[1]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0