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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. For other butterflies called tigers see the genus Danaus.
40 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Glassy Tiger
speciesParantica aglea
Chestnut Tiger
speciesParantica sita
Dark Glassy Tiger
speciesParantica agleoides
Chocolate Tiger
speciesParantica melaneus
Yellow Glassy Tiger
speciesParantica aspasia
Swinhoe's Chocolate Tiger
speciesParantica swinhoei
Nilgiri Tiger
speciesParantica nilgiriensis
Yellow Tiger
speciesParantica cleona
Parantica vitrina
speciesParantica vitrina
Luzon Glassy Tiger
speciesParantica luzonensis
Least Tiger
speciesParantica pumila
Ceylon tiger
speciesParantica taprobana
Parantica schenkii
speciesParantica schenkii
Zinken's Tiger
speciesParantica albata
Crowley's Tiger
speciesParantica crowleyi
Manado Yellow Tiger
speciesParantica menadensis
Pedong Tiger
speciesParantica pedonga
Parantica dabrerai
speciesParantica dabrerai
Felder's tiger
speciesParantica phyle
Parantica dannatti
speciesParantica dannatti
Parantica kirbyi
speciesParantica kirbyi
Sumatran chocolate tiger
speciesParantica tityoides
Parantica hypowattan
speciesParantica hypowattan
Parantica melusine
speciesParantica melusine
Parantica sulewattan
speciesParantica sulewattan
Parantica tytia
speciesParantica tytia
Timor Yellow Tiger
speciesParantica timorica
Parantica pseudomelaneus
speciesParantica pseudomelaneus
Parantica garamantis
speciesParantica garamantis
Parantica davidi
speciesParantica davidi
Parantica fuscela
speciesParantica fuscela
New Ireland yellow tiger
speciesParantica clinias
Parantica kuekenthali
speciesParantica kuekenthali
Parantica milagros
speciesParantica milagros
Parantica philo
speciesParantica philo
Parantica schoenigi
speciesParantica schoenigi
Parantica toxopei
speciesParantica toxopei
Parantica wegneri
speciesParantica wegneri
Parantica rotundata
speciesParantica rotundata
Parantica marcia
speciesParantica marcia
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 90758.