Tithorea harmonia, the Harmonia tiger-wing or Harmonia tiger,, Butterflies of the Amazon is a species of butterfly belonging to the family Nymphalidae.
Description Tithorea harmonia has a wingspan reaching about . 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.Tithorea harmonia, Monteverde Butterflies
Distribution This widespread species can be found from Mexico to South America.
Subspecies
Listed alphabetically:"Tithorea Doubleday, " at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms 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)
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