- Parantica nilgiriensis
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Nilgiri Tiger 
Conservation status Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Lepidoptera Family: Nymphalidae Genus: Parantica Species: P. nilgiriensis Binomial name Parantica nilgiriensis
(Moore, 1877)Synonyms Danais nilgiriensis
The Nilgiri Tiger (Parantica nilgiriensis) is a butterfly found in the Western Ghats and Nilgiri Hills of southern India belonging to the Danaid group of the Brush-footed butterflies family.
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Description
From Bingham, C. T. (1905) The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Butterflies Vol. 1
Upperside fuliginous black with bluish-white markings and spots. Forewing; two streaks in interspace 1, coalescent at base and generally at their apices, a narrow streak, with two faintly indicated streaks above it, in cell; five discal spots and above them a long streak in interspace 5; a shorter one in 6; some coastal spots and subterminal and terminal series of spots, the former series curved inwards opposite apex of wing, the four lower spots conspicuously larger than the others; the latter series incomplete, the spots small. Hind wing: interspaces la, lb, and 1 with narrow streaks, double In the last; tbe cell with a much broader, outwardly bluntly pointed streak, and beyond this in the interspaces a radiating series of elongate spots with a sub terminal series of smaller spots and a terminal very incomplete series of dots. Underside similar, ground-colour browner, the spots more clearly defined. Antennae black ; head and thorax black spotted with white; abdomen brownish above, dusky white below. Expanse: 82-84 mm
Range
Habitat: Southern India; the Nilgiris; Malabar, and Travancore hills.
See also
References
- ^ Lepidoptera Specialist Group 1996. Parantica nilgiriensis. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 25
- Lepidoptera Specialist Group (1996). Parantica nilgiriensis. 2006. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. www.iucnredlist.org. Retrieved on 09 May 2006.
- Bingham, C. T. (1905) The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Butterflies Vol 1.
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