Least tiger

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Least tiger
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In Ouvéa, New Caledonia
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Parantica
Species:
P. pumila
Binomial name
Parantica pumila
(Boisduval, 1859)
Synonyms
  • Danais pumilaBoisduval, 1859 [2]
  • Danaus pumila

The least tiger (Parantica pumila) is a species of butterfly in the Danainae subfamily. It is found in New Caledonia and Vanuatu.

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References

  1. Lepidoptera Specialist Group (1996). "Parantica pumila". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 1996: e.T16155A5449304. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T16155A5449304.en . Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. Markku Savela's ftp.funet.fi