''Danaus melanippus'', the black veined tiger, white tiger, common tiger, or eastern common tiger, is a butterfly
species
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found in tropical
Asia
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which belongs to the "crows and tigers", that is, the
danaine group of the
brush-footed butterflies family.
It ranges from
Assam
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in eastern
India
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through
South-East Asia south to
Indonesia
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, and eastwards to the
Philippines
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* bik, Republika kan Filipinas
* ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas
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and through southern
China
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to
Taiwan
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.
[ It has around 17 ]subspecies
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, and its closest relative is the Malay tiger
''Danaus affinis'', the Malay tiger, mangrove tiger or swamp tiger, is a butterfly found in tropical Asia. It belongs to the "crows and tigers", the danaine group of the brush-footed butterflies family.
This is a highly variable species. In ...
, ''Danaus affinis''.[Smith, David A. S.; Lushai, Gugs & Allen, John A. (2005). A classification of ''Danaus'' butterflies (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) based upon data from morphology and DNA. '' Zool. J. Linn. Soc.'' 144(2): 191–212. (HTML abstract)]
Gallery
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Subspecies
Listed alphabetically:"''Danaus'' Kluk, 1780"
at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''
*''D. m. celebensis''
(Staudinger, 1889) – northern Sulawesi
*''D. m. edmondii''
(Bougainville, 1837) – Philippines
*''D. m. edwardi''
(van Eecke, 1914) – Simeulue
*''D. m. eurydice''
(Butler, 1884) – Nias
*''D. m. haruhasa''
Doherty, 1891 – Sumbawa - Alor
*''D. m. hegesippus''
(Cramer, 777
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– Peninsular Malaya, Langkawi, Singapore, Sumatra, Bangka, Belitung
*''D. m. indicus''
(Fruhstorfer, 1899) – eastern India - Thailand, Indo-China
*''D. m. keteus''
(Hagen, 1898) – Mentawai
*''D. m. kotoshonis''
Matsumura, 1929 – Taiwan
*''D. m. lotina''
(Fruhstorfer, 1904) – Natuna Island
*''D. m. lotis''
(Cramer, 779
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*''D. m. melanippus''
(Cramer, 777
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* 777 (number), a number
* AD 777, a year of the Julian calendar
* 777 BC, a year in the 8th century BC
* Boeing 777, a commercial jet airliner
:* Boeing 777X, the newer generation of the Boeing 777.
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– Java
*''D. m. meridionigra''
Martin, 914
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Events
By place
Byzantine Empire
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/small> – central Sulawesi
*''D. m. nesippus'' (Felder, 1862) – Nicobars
*''D. m. pietersi'' (Doherty, 1891) – Enggano
*''D. m. umbrosus'' Fruhstorfer, 1906 – Pualu Tello
See also
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List of butterflies of India
The following is a list of the butterflies of India.
India has extremely diverse terrain, climate and vegetation, which comprises extremes of heat cold, desert and jungle, of low-lying plains and the highest mountains, of dryness and dampness, i ...
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List of butterflies of India (Nymphalidae)
References
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External links
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Danaus (butterfly)
Butterflies of Asia
Butterflies of Singapore
Butterflies of Indochina
Butterflies described in 1777
Taxa named by Pieter Cramer
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