Species of butterfly
Tithorea harmonia
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Nymphalidae
Genus:
Tithorea
Species:
T. harmonia
Binomial name
Tithorea harmonia
Synonyms
Papilio harmonia Cramer, 1777
Tithorea harmonia f. moppa Bryk, 1937
Tithorea harmonia deltana Fox, 1956
Papilio irene Drury, 1782
Tithorea umbratilis Bates, 1866
Heliconia megara Godart, [1819]
Tithorea flavescens Kirby, 1889
Tithorea egaensis Butler, 1873
Tithorea pseudethra Butler, 1873
Tithorea neitha Hopffer, 1874
Tithorea neitha Hopffer, 1879
Tithorea helicaon Godman & Salvin, [1879]
Tithorea hippothous Godman & Salvin, [1879]
Tithorea furea var. salvadoris Staudinger, 1885
Tithorea tyro Doubleday, 1847
Hirsutis pseudonyma mira Neustetter, 1929
Tithorea hermias hermina ab. napona Haensch, 1903
Tithorea assimilis Haensch, 1905
Tithorea harmonia , the Harmonia tiger-wing or Harmonia tiger ,[ 2] is a species of butterfly belonging to the family Nymphalidae .
Tithorea harmonia has a wingspan reaching about 70 millimetres (2.8 in). This toxic "tiger" butterfly has the usual pattern of black wings with bright orange bands. The forewings have a black tip. Also the antennae are orange. Larvae feed on Prestonia species.[ 3]
This widespread species can be found from Mexico to South America.
T. h. hermias Tithorea harmonia in Adalbert Seitz Listed alphabetically:[ 1]
T. h. brunnea Haensch, 1905 (Peru)
T. h. caissara (Zikán, 1941) (Brazil)
T. h. cuparina Bates, 1862 (Brazil)
T. h. dorada Brown, 1977 (Venezuela)
T. h. egaensis Butler, 1873 (Brazil)
T. h. flacilla Godman & Salvin, 1898 (Colombia)
T. h. furia Staudinger, 1884 (Ecuador - Venezuela)
T. h. furina Godman & Salvin, 1898 (Colombia)
T. h. gilberti Brown, 1977 (Peru)
T. h. harmonia (Surinam, Venezuela, French Guiana)
T. h. helicaon Godman & Salvin, 1879 (Nicaragua - Panama, Costa Rica)
T. h. hermias Godman & Salvin, 1898 (Ecuador, Amazon)
T. h. hermina Haensch, 1903 (Ecuador)
T. h. hippothous Godman & Salvin, 1879 (Guatemala)
T. h. irene (Drury, 1782) (Panama)
T. h. lateflava (Haensch, 1909) (Bolivia)
T. h. manabiana Fox, 1956 (Ecuador)
T. h. martina Fox, 1956 (Peru)
T. h. megara (Godart, 1819) (Trinidad)
T. h. melanina Haensch, 1905 (Peru)
T. h. neitha Hopffer, 1874 (Peru)
T. h. pseudethra Butler, 1873 (Brazil)
T. h. pseudonyma Staudinger, 1894 (Bolivia)
T. h. salvadoris Staudinger, 1885 (El Salvador)
T. h. sulphurata (Zikán, 1941) (Brazil)