Sumbawa tiger

Sumbawa tiger
Parantica philo figures 7, 8
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Parantica
Species: P. philo
Binomial name
Parantica philo
(Grose-Smith, 1895)

The Sumbawa tiger (Parantica philo) is a species of nymphalid butterfly in the Danainae family. It is endemic to Indonesia.

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