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Oriental striped tiger
Danaus genutia genutia
26.5296, 88.7283
Field Notes
Description:
Danaus genutia, the common tiger, is one of the common butterflies of India. It belongs to the "crows and tigers", that is, the Danainae group of the brush-footed butterflies family. The butterfly is also called striped tiger in India to differentiate it from the equally common plain tiger, Danaus chrysippus.The species was first described by Pieter Cramer in 1779
Habitat:
D. genutia is distributed throughout India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar and extending to South-East Asia and Australia (except New Guinea).At least in the South Asian part of its range it is fairly common, locally very common.
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Danaus genutia - Wikipedia
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PublishedSeptember 16, 2018
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