''Parantica'', commonly called tigers, is an

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genus of

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in subfamily

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of family

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. They are found in southeastern Asia,

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, and the

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. Many of these species are endemic to islands and considered endangered, vulnerable, or threatened according to the

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. For other butterflies called tigers see the genus ''

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''.

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 Crowley's tiger (''Parantica crowleyi'') is a species of nymphalid butterfly in the Danainae subfamily. It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, and Malaysia Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federation, federal constitutional mo ...

'' (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 The Dannatt's tiger (''Parantica dannatti'') is a species of nymphalid butterfly in the Danainae subfamily. It is endemic to the Philippines The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, R ...

'' (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 The Biak tiger (''Parantica marcia'') is a species of nymphalid butterfly in the Danainae subfamily. It is endemic to Biak Biak is an island located in Cenderawasih Bay near the northern coast of Papua (province), Papua, an Indonesian provinc ...

'' (Joicey & Talbot, 1916) – Biak tiger *''

Parantica menadensis The Manado yellow tiger (''Parantica menadensis'') is a species of nymphalid butterfly in the Danainae subfamily. It is endemic to Sulawesi, Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oce ...

'' (Moore, 1883) – Manado tiger *''

Parantica melaneus ''Parantica melaneus'', the chocolate 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 Upperside: forewing black, Hindwing very dark purpli ...

'' (Cramer, 1775) – chocolate tiger *''

Parantica melusine ''Parantica'', commonly called tigers, is an Old World genus of butterflies in subfamily Danainae of family Nymphalidae. They are found in southeastern Asia, Indonesia, Papua-New Guinea, and the Philippines. Many of these species are endemic to i ...

'' (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 {{Danainae-stub