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 islands and considered endangered, vulnerable, or threatened according to the IUCN Red List. For other butterflies called tigers see the genus Danaus.
Parantica are large, slender, black and light blue or white butterflies. The body appears strikingly small and thin compared to the large wings.
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 (Stoll, 1782) – glassy (blue) tiger Parantica agleoides (C. & R. Felder, 1860) – dark glassy tiger Parantica albata (Zinken, 1831) – Zinken's tiger Parantica aspasia (Fabricius, 1787) – yellow glassy tiger
Parantica cleona (Stoll, 1782) Parantica clinias (Grose-Smith, 1890) – New Ireland yellow tiger Parantica crowleyi (Jenner Weir, 1894) – Crowley's tiger Parantica dabrerai (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 (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) – Filipino glassy tiger Parantica wegneri (Nieuwenhuis, 1960) – Flores tiger Parantica weiskei (Rothschild, 1901) – Weiske's tiger
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