List of butterflies of India (Danainae)

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.

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

"Parantica", The 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", The Blue Glassy Tigers

* Blue Glassy Tiger, "Ideopsis vulgaris" (Butler, 1874)
* Ceylon Blue Glassy Tiger, "Ideopsis similis" (Linnaeus, 1758)

"Tirumala", The Blue Tigers

* Dark Blue Tiger, "Tirumala septentrionis" (Butler, 1874)
* Scarce Blue Tiger, "Tirumala gautama" (Moore, 1877)
* Blue Tiger, "Tirumala limniace" Cramer, 1775

"Danaus", The 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", The 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 Nicéville, 1881)

"Idea", The Tree Nymphs

* Malabar Tree Nymph, "Idea malabarica" Moore, 1877

References

* Beccaloni, G. W., Scoble, M. J., Robinson, G. S. & Pitkin, B. (Editors). 2003. The Global Lepidoptera Names Index (LepIndex). World Wide Web electronic publication. [http://www.nhm.ac.uk/entomology/lepindex] [accessed 14 Oct 2006]
* Evans, W.H. (1932) The Identification of Indian Butterflies. (2nd Ed), Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India
* Wynter-Blyth, M.A. (1957) Butterflies of the Indian Region, Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India.

ee also

*Nymphalidae
*List of butterflies of India
*List of butterflies of India (Nymphalidae)


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