Banded Orange Heliconian
Dryadula phaetusa
Spanish: Antorcha Rayada
Dryadula is a monotypic genus of the butterfly family Nymphalidae. Its single species, Dryadula phaetusa, known as the banded orange heliconian, banded orange, or orange tiger, is native from Brazil to central Mexico, and in summer can be found rarely as far north as central Florida. Its wingspan ranges from 86 to 89 mm, and it is colored a bright orange with thick black stripes in males and a duller orange with fuzzier black stripes in females. Most often recorded in Dec, Sep, Jan, Apr.
- 2023-12-27 — observation by santiagob1986
- 2022-01-01 — observation by zihuadean
- 2021-12-26 — observation by zihuadean
- 2019-04-20 — observation by j-stauffer
- 2018-09-17 — observation by zihuadean
- 2018-09-17 — observation by zihuadean
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Cite as: “Banded Orange Heliconian (Dryadula phaetusa) at La Saladita”, La Saladita Field Guide, lasaladita.com/species/dryadula-phaetusa/, updated 2026-09-26. Observation counts and months come from iNaturalist research-grade records within about 50 km of 17.8375°N, 101.7606°W (the survey box also takes in Zihuatanejo, Ixtapa and Troncones); summary text from Wikipedia where present.