| Parantica | |
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| Parantica aglea | |
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Subtribe: | Danaina |
| Genus: | Parantica Moore, 1880 |
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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. [1] For other butterflies called tigers see the genus Danaus .
Parantica are large, slender, black and light blue or white butterflies. The body appears strikingly small and thin compared to the large wings.
