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List of butterflies of India (Danainae)

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List of butterflies of India (Danainae)

This is a list of the butterflies of India belonging to the subfamily Danainae of the family Nymphalidae and an index to the species articles. This forms part of the full List of butterflies of India (Nymphalidae) which itself is part of the complete List of butterflies of India.

Contents

A total of 26 species belonging to six genera are found in India.

Parantica, glassy tigers

  • Yellow glassy tiger, Parantica aspasia (Fabricius, 1787)
  • Dark glassy tiger, Parantica agleoides (Felder & Felder, 1860)
  • Glassy tiger, Parantica aglea (Stoll, 1782)
  • Chocolate tiger, Parantica melaneus (Cramer, 1775)
  • Chestnut tiger, Parantica sita (Kollar, 1844)
  • Nilgiri tiger, Parantica nilgiriensis (Moore, 1877)

    • Ideopsis, blue glassy tigers

  • blue glassy tiger, Ideopsis vulgaris (Butler, 1874)
  • Ceylon blue glassy tiger, Ideopsis similis (Linnaeus, 1758)

    • Tirumala, blue tigers

  • Dark blue tiger, Tirumala septentrionis (Butler, 1874)
  • Scarce blue tiger, Tirumala gautama (Moore, 1877)
  • Blue tiger, Tirumala limniace Cramer, 1775

    • Danaus, tigers

  • Plain tiger, Danaus chrysippus Linnaeus, 1758
  • Common or striped tiger, Danaus genutia Cramer, 1779
  • White tiger, Danaus melanippus Cramer, 1777
  • Malay tiger, Danaus affinis Fabricius, 1775

    • Euploea, crows

  • Striped blue crow, Euploea mulciber (Cramer, 1777)
  • Striped black crow, Euploea doubledayi Felder & Felder, 1865
  • Spotted black crow, Euploea crameri Lucas, 1853
  • Common Indian crow, Euploea core (Cramer, 1780)
  • Long branded blue crow Euploea algea (Godart, 1819)
  • Double-branded crow, Euploea sylvester (Fabricius, 1793)
  • Magpie crow, Euploea radamanthus (Fabricius, 1793)
  • Blue king crow, Euploea klugii Moore, 1858
  • Blue spotted crow, Euploea midamus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Euploea eunice (Godart, 1819)
  • Andaman crow, Euploea andamanensis (Atkinson, 1874)
  • Nicobar crow, Euploea scherzeri (Felder, 1862) (includes Euploea climena simulatrix Wood-Mason & de NicĂ©ville, 1881)

    • Idea, tree nymphs

  • Tree nymph, Idea lynceus (Drury, 1773)
  • Malabar tree nymph, Idea malabarica Moore, 1877

    • References

    List of butterflies of India (Danainae) Wikipedia
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