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Parantica (Tiger butterfly)

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Wikipedia Abstract

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.
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Species

Parantica aglea (Glassy Tiger)
Parantica agleoides (Glassy tiger butterfly)
Parantica albata (Zinken's tiger butterfly)
Parantica aspasia (Yellow Glassy Tiger)
Parantica cleona
Parantica clinias (New Ireland yellow tiger butterfly) (Vulnerable)
Parantica crowleyi (Tiger butterfly)
Parantica dabrerai (D'Abrera's tiger butterfly) (Vulnerable)
Parantica dannatti (Dannatt's tiger butterfly) (Vulnerable)
Parantica davidi (David's Tiger) (Critically Endangered)
Parantica garamantis (Angled tiger butterfly) (Vulnerable)
Parantica hypowattan (Morishita's tiger butterfly)
Parantica kirbyi (Tiger butterfly)
Parantica kuekenthali (Kuekenthal's yellow tiger) (Endangered)
Parantica luzonensis
Parantica marcia (Biak Tiger) (Endangered)
Parantica melaneus (Chocolate Tiger)
Parantica melusine
Parantica menadensis (Manado Yellow Tiger)
Parantica milagros (Milagros' tiger) (Endangered)
Parantica nilgiriensis (Nilgiri tiger butterfly)
Parantica pedonga
Parantica philo (Sumbawa tiger butterfly) (Vulnerable)
Parantica phyle (Felder's tiger butterfly) (Vulnerable)
Parantica pseudomelaneus (Javan tiger butterfly)
Parantica pumila (Tiger butterfly)
Parantica rotundata (Tiger butterfly)
Parantica schenkii
Parantica schoenigi (Father Schoenig's Chocolate) (Endangered)
Parantica sita (Chestnut Tiger)
Parantica sulewattan (Bonthain Tiger) (Endangered)
Parantica taprobana (Sri Lanka tiger butterfly)
Parantica timorica (Timor Yellow Tiger) (Endangered)
Parantica tityoides (Sumatran chocolate tiger butterfly)
Parantica toxopei (Toxopeaus' yellow tiger butterfly) (Vulnerable)
Parantica vitrina
Parantica wegneri (Flores tiger butterfly) (Vulnerable)

External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0