Parantica

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.[1] For other butterflies called tigers see the genus Danaus.

Parantica
Parantica aglea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Subtribe: Danaina
Genus: Parantica
Moore, 1880
Species

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Synonyms
  • Chittira Moore, [1880]
  • Caduga Moore, 1882
  • Lintorata Moore, 1883
  • Ravadeba Moore, 1883
  • Bahora Moore, 1883
  • Phirdana Moore, 1883
  • Asthipa Moore, 1883
  • Mangalisa Moore, 1883
  • Caduga Moore, 1883
  • Badacara Moore, [1890]
  • Chlorochropsis Rothschild, 1892
  • Miriamica Vane-Wright, Boppré & Ackery, 2002

Species

Species in alphabetical order:[1][2]

  • 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)
  • Parantica wegneri (Nieuwenhuis, 1960) – Flores tiger
  • Parantica weiskei (Rothschild, 1901) – Weiske's tiger
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References
  1. http://www.aworldforbutterflies.com/IUCNRedList_Nym.htm
  2. http://www.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/nymphalidae/danainae/parantica/index.html Parantica


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