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:Catalogue of life Parantica aspasia annetta (Swinhoe, 1915) Parantica aspasia aspasia Morishita, 1970 Parantica aspasia caulonia Fruhstorfer, 1911 Parantica aspasia cerilla (Fruhstorfer, 1911) Parantica aspasia chrysea Doherty, 1891 Parantica aspasia flymbra Fruhstorfer, 1910 Parantica aspasia kheili Staudinger, 1885 Parantica aspasia philomela Zinken-Sommer, 1831 Parantica cleona rita Fruhstorfer, 1905 Parantica aspasia shelfordi Fruhstorfer, 1905 Parantica aspasia thargalia Fruhstorfer, 1910 Parantica aspasia viridana Corbet, 1942
Distribution and habitat This species is present in Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Langkawi, W. Malaysia, Singapore, Borneo, Java, Bali, Philippines.A Check List of Butterflies in Indo-ChinaFunet In Singapore it is probably extinct.Peter K. L. Ng, Richard Corlett, Hugh T. W. Tan Singapore Biodiversity: An Encyclopedia of the Natural Environment These butterflies mainly inhabit forested areas.
Description
Parantica aspasia has a wingspan of about .Butterflies of SingaporeKhew Sin Khoon - A field guide to the Butterflies of Singapore These butterflies have bluish grey wings, with a bright yellow and rather large basal patch and black markings.
Biology Adults can be found all year around, with a peak in September–October and in December.iNaturalist The females lay a single whitish spindle-shaped egg. The caterpillar hatch after about four days. They mainly feed on Gymnema species, Raphistemma species, and Vincetoxicum (syn. Tylophora) species (Asclepiadaceae).Samui Butterflies
After about 14 days and five instars the caterpillars pupate, anchoring themselves to the stem or leaves the host plant. The pupa is light green with black dots. After about eight days the adult butterflies emerge.
See also List of butterflies of India (Danainae)
Bibliography Butler, A.G.,1866 : A Monograph of the diurnal Lepidoptera belonging to the genus Danais, being a revision of the Insects of that Genus, with Descriptions of new species in the National Collection.- Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1866 Fabricius, J.C.,1787 : Mantissa Insectorum sistens eorum species nuper detectas adiectis characteribus genericis, differentiis specificis, emendationibus, observationibus. Copenhagen, Christ. Gottl. Proft. Fruhstorfer, H., 1905 : Neue Rhopaloceren aus dem Indo-Australischen Gebiet. Ent. Zeit.
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