| Ceylon tiger | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| 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. [2]
Taprobana, Trapobana, and Taprobane was the name by which the Indian Ocean island of Sri Lanka was known to the ancient Greeks.
Parantica aglea, commonly known as the glassy tiger, is a butterfly found in the Indomalayan realm. The species is a member of the Danainae subfamily of the Nymphalidae family.
Pachliopta jophon, the Ceylon rose or Sri Lankan rose, is a butterfly found in Sri Lanka that belongs to the swallowtail family. It was earlier classified as a subspecies of Pachliopta hector, the crimson rose.
Parantica nilgiriensis, the Nilgiri tiger, is a butterfly found in the Western Ghats of India south of the Konkan. It belongs to the danaid group of the brush-footed butterflies family.
Ideopsis vulgaris, the blue glassy tiger, is a butterfly that belongs to the crows and tigers, that is, the danaid group of the brush-footed butterflies family.
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.
The Ceylon tree nymph is a species of nymphalid butterfly in the subfamily Danainae. It is endemic to Sri Lanka. First described by John Westwood in 1848, the Ceylon tree nymph can be found in both wet and dry zones of Sri Lanka. It is the largest member of the family Danaidae in that country. It is listed as a near threatened species in the IUCN Red List.
The New Ireland yellow tiger is a species of nymphalid butterfly in the subfamily Danainae. It is endemic to the island of New Ireland.
The D'Abrera's tiger is a species of nymphalid butterfly in the Danainae subfamily. It is endemic to Sulawesi, Indonesia. The species was discovered by Bernard d'Abrera, an Australian entomological taxonomist and philosopher of science. The butterfly is described as black and white, with similar markings to a monarch butterfly.
Kuekenthal's yellow tiger is a species of nymphalid butterfly in the Danainae subfamily. It is endemic to Indonesia.
The Manado yellow tiger is a species of nymphalid butterfly in the Danainae subfamily. It is endemic to Sulawesi, Indonesia.
The Sumbawa tiger is a species of nymphalid butterfly in the Danainae family. It is endemic to Indonesia.
The Felder's tiger is a species of nymphalid butterfly in the Danainae subfamily. It is endemic to the Philippines.
The least tiger is a species of butterfly in the Danainae subfamily. It is found in New Caledonia and Vanuatu.
The fat tiger is a species of nymphalid butterfly in the Danainae subfamily. It is endemic to Papua New Guinea.
The Bonthain tiger is a species of nymphalid butterfly in the Danainae subfamily. It is endemic to Sulawesi, Indonesia.
Sri Lanka is home to 245 species of butterflies with 23 of these being endemic to the island. Of the 245 species, 76, are listed as threatened nationally, while the Ceylon rose is designated as critically endangered.
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