Plain Tiger Caterpillar

Do you have other pictures from the top?

Same subfamily as the Monarch, but that one is not found in India. Yours must be Danaus chrysippus, but I must admit I carefully had to compare it with Danaus genutius, the other found in India (besides the much rarer Danaus melanippus). The picture of the face made it easier to separate the 2 species. Chrysippus: http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rzo8wjfyCsM/TKCiPUGpkyI/AAAAAAAAId0/r786YHURHAQ/s1600/PT_L4_21mm_01.jpg http://lh5.ggpht.com/_5hO6tO_xZtM/SnQqVWFLk0I/AAAAAAAAAQc/CF0D-X0SswM/s800/Danaus%20chrysippus%20chrysippus%20%28Plain%20Tiger%29.jpg https://www.flickr.com/photos/rolands_vision/9081083043/ Genutia: http://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/media_images/DanausGenutia/Danaus%20genutia_MilindBhakare_am198.jpg