''Parantica'', commonly called tigers, is an
Old World genus of
butterflies in subfamily
Danainae
Danainae is a subfamily of the family Nymphalidae, the brush-footed butterflies. It includes the Daniadae, or milkweed butterflies, who lay their eggs on various milkweeds on which their larvae (caterpillars) feed, as well as the clearwing butt ...
of family
Nymphalidae
The Nymphalidae are the largest family of butterflies, with more than 6,000 species distributed throughout most of the world. Belonging to the superfamily Papilionoidea, they are usually medium-sized to large butterflies. Most species have a red ...
. They are found in southeastern Asia,
Indonesia
Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine ...
,
Papua-New Guinea
Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea ( tpi, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niugini; ho, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niu Gini), is a country i ...
, and the
Philippines
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* bik, Republika kan Filipinas
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* hil, Republ ...
. Many of these species are endemic to islands and considered endangered, vulnerable, or threatened according to the
IUCN Red List
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.
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For other butterflies called tigers see the genus '' Danaus''.
]
Species
Species in alphabetical order:[ ][http://www.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/nymphalidae/danainae/parantica/index.html Parantica]
*''Parantica aglea
''Parantica aglea'', the glassy tiger, is a butterfly found in Indomalayan realm that belongs to the crows and tigers, that is, the danaid group of the brush-footed butterflies family.
Description
Two subspecies are recognized but neither for ...
'' (Stoll, 1782) – glassy (blue) tiger
*''Parantica agleoides
''Parantica agleoides'', the dark glassy tiger, is a butterfly found in India that belongs to the crows and tigers, that is, the danaid group of the brush-footed butterflies family.
Description
Like ''Parantica aglea'', but differs structurall ...
'' (C. & R. Felder, 1860) – dark glassy tiger
*''Parantica albata
Zinken's tiger (''Parantica albata'') is a species of nymphalid butterfly, endemic to Indonesia
Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consis ...
'' (Zinken, 1831) – Zinken's tiger
*''Parantica aspasia
''Parantica aspasia'', the yellow glassy tiger, is a butterfly found in Asia that belongs to the crows and tigers, that is, the danaid group of the brush-footed butterflies family.
Subspecies
Subspecies include:
*''P arantica aspasia annetta' ...
'' (Fabricius, 1787) – yellow glassy tiger
*'' Parantica cleona'' (Stoll, 1782)
*''Parantica clinias
The New Ireland yellow tiger (''Parantica clinias'') is a species of nymphalid butterfly in the subfamily Danainae. It is endemic to the island of New Ireland (Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugin ...
'' (Grose-Smith, 1890) – New Ireland yellow tiger
*'' Parantica crowleyi'' (Jenner Weir, 1894) – Crowley's tiger
*''Parantica dabrerai
The D'Abrera's tiger (''Parantica dabrerai'') is a species of nymphalid butterfly in the Danainae subfamily. It is endemic to Sulawesi, Indonesia. The species was discovered by Bernard d'Abrera, an Australian entomological taxonomist and philosop ...
'' (Miller & Miller, 1978) – D'Abrera's tiger
*'' Parantica dannatti'' (Talbot, 1936) – Dannatt's tiger
*'' Parantica davidi'' (Schröder, 1976) – David's tiger
*'' Parantica fuscela'' (Parsons, 1989)
*'' Parantica garamantis'' (Godman & Salvin, 1888) – angled tiger
*'' Parantica hypowattan'' (Morishita, 1981) – Morishita's tiger
*'' Parantica kirbyi'' (Grose-Smith, 1894) – Kirby's tiger
*'' Parantica kuekenthali'' (Pagenstecher, 1896) – Kuekenthal's yellow tiger
*'' Parantica luzonensis'' (C. & R. Felder, 1863)
*'' Parantica marcia'' (Joicey & Talbot, 1916) – Biak tiger
*'' Parantica menadensis'' (Moore, 1883) – Manado tiger
*'' Parantica melaneus'' (Cramer, 1775) – chocolate tiger
*'' Parantica melusine'' (Grose-Smith, 1894)
*'' Parantica milagros'' (Schröder & Treadaway, 1880) – Milagros' tiger
*'' Parantica nilgiriensis'' (Moore, 1877) – Nilgiri tiger
*'' Parantica pedonga'' (Fujioka, 1970)
*'' Parantica philo'' (Grose-Smith, 1895) – Sumbawa tiger
*'' Parantica phyle'' (C. & R. Felder, 1863) – Felder's tiger
*'' Parantica pseudomelaneus'' (Moore, 1883) – Javan tiger
*'' Parantica pumila'' (Boisduval, 1859) – least tiger
*'' Parantica rotundata'' (Grose-Smith, 1890) – fat tiger
*'' Parantica schenkii'' (Koch, 1865)
*'' Parantica schoenigi'' (Jumalon, 1971) – Father Schoenig's chocolate
*''Parantica sita
''Parantica sita'', the chestnut tiger, is a butterfly found in Asia that belongs to the crows and tigers, that is, the danaid group of the brush-footed butterflies family.
Description
Wings elongate, almost as in ''Idea''. Upperside of for ...
'' (Kollar, 1844) – chestnut tiger
*'' Parantica sulewattan'' (Fruhstorfer, 1896) – Bonthain tiger
*'' Parantica swinhoei'' (Moore, 1883) – Swinhoe's chocolate tiger
*'' Parantica taprobana'' (C. & R. Felder, 1865) – Ceylon tiger
*'' Parantica tityoides'' (Hagen, 1890) – Sumatran chocolate tiger
*'' Parantica timorica'' (Grose-Smith, 1887) – Timor yellow tiger
*'' Parantica toxopei'' (Nieuwenhuis, 1969) – Toxopeus' yellow tiger
*'' Parantica vitrina'' (C. & R. Felder, 1861)
*'' Parantica wegneri'' (Nieuwenhuis, 1960) – Flores tiger
*'' Parantica weiskei'' (Rothschild, 1901) – Weiske's tiger
References
Danaini
Butterflies of Indonesia
Nymphalidae genera
Taxa named by Frederic Moore
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