Lycorea halia

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| name = Tropical milkweed butterfly

| image = Lycorea halia halia MHNT dos.jpg

| image_caption = From MHNT

| image2 = Lycorea halia halia MHNT ventre.jpg

| image2_caption = Ventral view, same specimen

| taxon = Lycorea halia

| authority = (Hübner, 1816)[http://ftp.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/nymphalidae/danainae/lycorea/ "Lycorea Doubleday, [1847]"] at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

| synonyms =

• Eueides halia Hübner, 1816
• Papilio ceres Cramer, [1776]
• Lycorea halia pieteri Lamas, 1978
• Heliconia cleobaea Godart, [1819]
• Lycorea halia domingensis Niepelt, 1927
• Lycorea atergatis Doubleday, [1847]
• Lycorea cleobaea roqueana Bryk, 1953
• Lycorea halia minuscula Bryk, 1953

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Lycorea halia, the tropical milkweed butterfly (also known as tiger-mimic queen), is a species of nymphalid butterfly in the Danainae subfamily. It is found from Peru to the Caribbean{{cite journal|last1=Van-Wright|first1=R.I.|last2=Ackery|first2=P.R.|last3=Turner|first3=T.|title=Anetia Jaegeri, Danaus Cleophile and Lycoriea cleobaea from Jamaica (Nymphalide: Danaine)|journal=Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society|date=1992|volume=46|issue=4|pages=273–279}} 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.