Lycorea halia cleobaea

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.

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