Common Name: Common Tiger/ Striped Tiger Butterfly
Scientific Name: Danaus genutia
Photo credit: Mahamuni
It
is one of the common butterfly found in India. It belongs to the
Brush-foote family, Danainae. Its called as striped tiger to
differentiate from a similar species called common plain tiger, which
lacks black lines in the wings. The cater pillars are brown, white and
yellow-lined and have two horn-like structures in the forehead and two
more horn-like structures on the middle parts of the body. This photo
was shot nearby the School of Environmental Sciences.
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