Lycorea ilione

Lycorea ilione, the clearwing mimic queen is a species of nymphalid butterfly in the subfamily Danainae.

[2] Subspecies include:[2] This species is present in Mexico, Guatemala, Colombia, Ecuador, Brazil, Bolivia and Peru.

[2] It occurs in the transitional rainforest and cloudforest, at an elevation of 500–1,500 metres (1,600–4,900 ft) above sea level.

These large and strongly marked butterflies show yellow-tipped antennae and black thorax with white dots and gray abdomen.

[2] Males feed on Senecio, Eupatorium and Neomiranda flowers from which they obtain alkaloids used for chemical defense, as these toxins cause nausea in birds that prey them.

Lycorea ilione lamira