Parantica sita

Parantica sita

Chestnut Tiger

(Kollar, 1844) Catalogue of Life

GBIF observations
4,109 GBIF
iNaturalist observations
2,143 iNaturalist
Taxonomic rank
Species
14 specimens
Description

Parantica sita, the chestnut tiger, is a butterfly found in Asia that belongs to the crows and tigers, that is, the danaid group of the brush-footed butterflies family.

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Status

COL status
accepted
Name status
acceptable
Nomenclatural code
zoological

Specimens in the collection

Legacy synonyms
parantica sita
parantica
Non-butterfly
Off
Hybrid

Larval host plants NHM HOSTS

  • Tylophora ovata Apocynaceae · Vincetoxicum
  • Hoya carnosa Apocynaceae · Hoya
  • Marsdenia tinctoria Apocynaceae · Marsdenia
  • Asclepias curassavica Apocynaceae · Asclepias
  • Cynanchum atratum Apocynaceae · Vincetoxicum
  • Cynanchum caudatum Asclepiadaceae
  • Cynanchum formosanum Apocynaceae · Cynanchum
  • Cynanchum grandifolium Apocynaceae · Vincetoxicum
  • Cynanchum lanhsuense Apocynaceae · Cynanchum
  • Cynanchum sublanceolatum Apocynaceae · Vincetoxicum
  • Dregea volubilis Apocynaceae · Stephanotis
  • Heterostemma brownii Apocynaceae · Heterostemma

+9 more recorded host plant(s)

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