Ceylon Tiger (butterfly)

Ceylon Tiger
Conservation status
Near Threatened (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Parantica
Species:	P. taprobana
Binomial name
Parantica taprobana (Felder & Felder, 1865)
Synonyms
Chittira fumata

The Ceylon Tiger (Parantica taprobana) is a species of nymphalid butterfly in the Danainae subfamily. It is endemic to Sri Lanka.

References

• Lepidoptera Specialist Group 1996. Parantica taprobana. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 31 July 2007.

External links

• Sri Lanka Wild Life Information Database

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