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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.
(source: Wikipedia)