Blue Tiger
- GBIF observations
- 9,210 GBIF
- iNaturalist observations
- 13,300 iNaturalist
Taxonomic rank
Species
Description
Tirumala limniace, the blue tiger, is a species of butterfly found in South Asia, and Southeast Asia that belongs to the brush-footed butterfly family, Nymphalidae. More specifically it is part of the crows and tigers or danaid group. This butterfly shows gregarious migratory behaviour in southern India. In some places, it may be found in congregations with Danaus genutia, Tirumala septentrionis, Euploea sylvester, Euploea core, Parantica aglea, and at high elevations, with Parantica nilgiriensis, on Crotalaria.
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Status
- COL status
- accepted
- Name status
- acceptable
- Nomenclatural code
- zoological
Specimens in the collection
Legacy synonyms
tirumala limniace
Non-butterfly
Off
Hybrid
Larval host plants NHM HOSTS
+2 more recorded host plant(s)