Tirumala (butterfly)

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Tirumala
Open wing Basking of Tirumala septentrionis (Butler, 1874) - Dark Blue Tiger (Female) WLB IMG 4025.jpg
Tirumala septentrionis
IMG4357 Burma Arakan State Tirumala Gautama Gautama male Tandwe City (7744866476).jpg
Tirumala gautama
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Subtribe: Danaina
Genus: Tirumala
Moore, [1880]
Synonyms
  • MelindaMoore, 1883
  • ElsaHonrath, 1892

Tirumala is a genus of brush-footed butterflies erected by Frederic Moore in 1880. Its species are distributed in Africa, Asia, and Australia. [1]

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Species

ButterflyCaterpillarNameCommon nameDistribution
ProceedingsZSL1880Plate19, fig. 1, Tirumala formosa.jpg Tirumala formosa (Godman, 1880)forest monarchCameroon, Ethiopia, Kenya and Tanzania
African blue tiger (Tirumala petiverana).jpg Tirumala petiverana (Doubleday, [1847])blue monarchZimbabwe.
IMG4357 Burma Arakan State Tirumala Gautama Gautama male Tandwe City (7744866476).jpg Tirumala gautama (Moore, 1877)scarce blue tigerIndia and Southeast Asia
Tirumala euploeomorpha (Howarth, Kawazoé & Sibatani, 1976)crow tigerSolomon Islands.
Seitz9FaunaIndoAustralicaPlate78.JPG Tirumala choaspes (Butler, 1866)Sula Islands
Open wing nectering of Tirumala limniace Cramer, 1775 - Blue Tiger on Lantana camara flower WLB DSC 0131.jpg Tirumala limniace Cramer, 1775 - Blue Tiger caterpillar at Kannavam RF (3).jpg Tirumala limniace (Cramer, [1775])blue tigerSouth Asia and Southeast Asia
Tirumala septentrionis Butler, 1874 - Dark Blue Tiger at Peravoor 2017 (4).jpg Tirumala septentrionis - Dark Blue Tiger life cycle caterpillar at Peravoor (61).jpg Tirumala septentrionis (Butler, 1874)dark blue tigerSikkim, into Assam, Myanmar, Cambodia and Southeast Asia; Odisha; West Bengal, southern India, the Western Ghats and Nilgiris; Sri Lanka
Tirumala hamata Blue tiger 7th Brigade Park Chermside P1120145.jpg Tirumala hamata (MacLeay, 1826)dark blue tiger, blue wanderer, or blue tigerthe Philippines to Australia
Seitz9FaunaIndoAustralicaPlate78.JPG Tirumala ishmoides Moore, 1883Visayan Islands, the Philippines
Tirumala alba Chou & Gu, 1994China.

References

  1. Savela, Markku (December 25, 2018). "Tirumala Moore, [1880]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved April 26, 2020.