Lycorea halia halia, 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 Suriname, French Guiana and Peru to the Caribbean.[1][2] Its habitat is tropical rainforest.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Lycorea |
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| Subspecies: | L. h. halia
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| Trinomial name | |
| Lycorea halia halia (Hübner, 1816)
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References
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ Markku Savela. "Lycorea Doubleday, [1847]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. FUNET. Retrieved February 14, 2017.
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