List of butterflies of India (Danainae)

Three Danainae butterflies. Clockwise from left: Dark Blue Tiger (Tirumala septentrionis), Striped Blue Crow (Euploea mulciber), and Common Tiger (Danaus genutia).

This is a list of the butterflies of India belonging to the subfamily Danainae of the family Nymphalidae and an index to the species articles. This forms part of the full list of butterflies of India (Nymphalidae) which itself is part of the complete list of butterflies of India.

A total of 26 species belonging to six genera are found in India.

Parantica, The Glassy Tigers

Yellow Glassy Tiger, Parantica aspasia (Fabricius, 1787)
Dark Glassy Tiger, Parantica agleoides (Felder & Felder, 1860)
Glassy Tiger, Parantica aglea (Stoll, 1782)
Chocolate Tiger, Parantica melaneus (Cramer, 1775)
Chestnut Tiger, Parantica sita (Kollar, 1844)
Nilgiri Tiger, Parantica nilgiriensis (Moore, 1877)

Ideopsis, The Blue Glassy Tigers

Blue Glassy Tiger, Ideopsis vulgaris (Butler, 1874)
Ceylon Blue Glassy Tiger, Ideopsis similis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Tirumala, The Blue Tigers

Dark Blue Tiger, Tirumala septentrionis (Butler, 1874)
Scarce Blue Tiger, Tirumala gautama (Moore, 1877)
Blue Tiger, Tirumala limniace Cramer, 1775

Danaus, The Tigers

Plain Tiger, Danaus chrysippus Linnaeus, 1758
Common Or Striped Tiger, Danaus genutia Cramer, 1779
White Tiger, Danaus melanippus Cramer, 1777
Malay Tiger, Danaus affinis Fabricius, 1775

Euploea, The Crows

Striped Blue Crow, Euploea mulciber (Cramer, 1777)
Striped Black Crow, Euploea doubledayi Felder & Felder, 1865
Spotted Black Crow, Euploea crameri Lucas, 1853
Common Indian Crow, Euploea core (Cramer, 1780)
Long Branded Blue Crow Euploea algea (Godart, 1819)
Double-Branded Crow, Euploea sylvester (Fabricius, 1793)
Magpie Crow, Euploea radamanthus (Fabricius, 1793)
Blue King Crow, Euploea klugii Moore, 1858
Blue Spotted Crow, Euploea midamus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Euploea eunice (Godart, 1819)
Andaman Crow, Euploea andamanensis (Atkinson, 1874)
Nicobar Crow, Euploea scherzeri (Felder, 1862) (includes Euploea climena simulatrix Wood-Mason & de Nicéville, 1881)

Idea, The Tree Nymphs

Tree Nymph, Idea lynceus (Drury, 1773)
Malabar Tree Nymph, Idea malabarica Moore, 1877

References

Beccaloni, G. W., Scoble, M. J., Robinson, G. S. & Pitkin, B. (Editors). 2003. The Global Lepidoptera Names Index (LepIndex). World Wide Web electronic publication. [accessed 14 Oct 2006]
Evans, W.H. (1932) The Identification of Indian Butterflies. (2nd Ed), Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India
Wynter-Blyth, M.A. (1957) Butterflies of the Indian Region, Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India.

Butterflies and moths of India

Butterflies	Papilionidae Pieridae Lycaenidae Riodinidae Hesperiidae Hesperiinae Pyrginae Hesperiidae (balance) Nymphalidae Danainae Limenitidinae Morphinae Satyrinae Nymphalidae (balance)

Moths	Alucitidae Arctiidae Bombycidae Brachodidae Brahmaeidae Choreutidae Cosmopterigidae Cossidae Crambidae Drepanidae Eupterotidae Gelechiidae Geometridae Glyphipterigidae Gracillariidae Hepialidae Immidae Lasiocampidae Lecithoceridae Limacodidae Lymantriidae Noctuidae Nolidae Notodontidae Oecophoridae Pantheidae Peleopodidae Phaudidae Psychidae Pterophoridae Pyralidae Saturniidae Sesiidae Sphingidae Thyrididae Tineidae Tortricidae Uraniidae Xyloryctidae Yponomeutidae Zygaenidae

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