Danaus genutia

Common tiger
Upperside
Male, underside
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Danaus
Species:
D. genutia
Binomial name
Danaus genutia
(Cramer, [1779])
Synonyms
  • Papilio genutia Cramer, [1779]
  • Danaus adnana Swinhoe, 1917
  • Danaus plexippus plexippus f. albipars Talbot, 1943
  • Danaus bandjira Martin, 1911
  • Danaus bimana Martin, 1911
  • Danaida plexippus plexippus f. grynion Fruhstorfer, 1907
  • Danaus nipalensis Moore, 1877
  • Danaus sumbana Talbot, 1943
  • Danaus tuak Pryer & Cator, 1894
  • Danaus uniens Martin, 1911
  • Salatura intermedia Moore, 1883
  • Salatura intensa Moore, 1883
  • Salatura laratensis Butler, 1883
  • Danaida alexis Waterhouse & Lyell, 1914

Danaus genutia, the common tiger,[1][2] 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.[3] The species was first described by Pieter Cramer in 1779.

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  3. ^ Kunte (2000): 45, pp. 148–149.