Lycorea

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Nymphalidae
Subfamilia: Danainae
Tribus: Danaini
Subtribus: Euploeina
Genus: Lycorea
Species: per Lamas, 2004.
L. halia – L. ilione – L. pasinuntia – L. pieteri
Name

Lycorea Doubleday, 1847.

Type species: Lycorea atergatis Doubleday, by selection of Scudder, 1875: 210.
Synonymy

Lycorea Doubleday, [1847]: 105.
Lycorella Hemming, 1933 Entomologist 66: 222 (unnec. repl. Lycorea Doubleday, [1847]), TS: Lycorea atergatis Doubleday.
Ituna Doubleday, [1847]: pl. 17, fig. 1. TS: Ituna phenarete Doubleday; synonymised by Lamas, 2004: 171.
Clothildinae Reuter, 1896: 315. TG: Clothilda Blanchard.

Lycorea halia - MHNT

References

Doubleday, E. & Westwood, J.O. 1846–1850. The genera of diurnal Lepidoptera Vol.1. pp.2–250, pls.1–30. Text, plates. London. Reference page.
Hemming, A. F., 1967. The generic names of the butterflies and their type species (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) 1967, Suppl. 9: 1-509.Reference page.
Lamas, G. 1978. A new name for Papilio ceres Cramer, [1776], nec Fabricius, [1775] (Nymphalidae, Danainae). Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 33(2): 116–117. Full article (PDF). Reference page.
Lamas, G. 2004. (ed.) Checklist: Part 4A. Hesperioidea - Papilionoidea. In Heppner, J.B. (ed.) Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera. Vol.5A, Pt.4A. Assn. for Tropical Lepidoptera/Scientific Publishers, Gainesville. 439pp. Reference page.
Reuter, E., 1896. Uber die Palpen der Rhopaloceren. Acta Societatis Scientarum Fennicae 22(1): xvi + 577pp., 5 pls. text, plates. Reference page.
Scudder, S.H. 1875. Historical sketch of the generic names proposed for butterflies. Proc. amer. Soc. Arts Sci. Boston 10: 91–293. BHL Reference page.

Lycorea is a genus of butterflies from the family Nymphalidae found in Mexico, Central America, and South America.
Species

Listed alphabetically.[1]

Lycorea halia (Hübner, 1816) – tropical milkweed butterfly
Lycorea ilione (Cramer, [1775]) – clearwing mimic queen
Lycorea pasinuntia (Stoll, [1780]) – pasinuntia mimic queen

References

"Lycorea Doubleday, [1847]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms