Plain Tiger (Danaus chrysippus)

The Plain Tiger (Danaus chrysippus) or outside Asia, African Monarch, is a common butterfly which is widespread in Asia and Africa. It belongs to the Danainae (“Milkweed butterflies”) subfamily of the brush-footed butterfly family, Nymphalidae.

It is believed to be one of the first butterflies to be used in art. A 3500 year old Egyptian fresco in Luxor features the oldest illustration of this species.

The Plain Tiger can be considered the archetypical danaine of India. Accordingly, this species has been studied with in greater detail than other members of its subfamily occurring in India.

See an earlier post on Striped Tiger (Danaus genutia)

Ref: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danaus_chrysippus

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One-spot Grass Yellow Butterfly

The article on One-spot Grass Yellow on Wikipedia is sadly just a stub – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurema_andersonii. Expand it if you have the knowledge

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Striped Tiger (Danaus genutia)

The Common Tiger (Danaus genutia) belongs to the “Crows and Tigers” butterflies, that is, the danainae group of the Brush-footed butterflies family. The butterfly is also called Striped Tiger in India to differentiate it from the equally common Plain Tiger Danaus http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danaus_genutia

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Common Leopard (Phalanta phalantha)

The Common Leopard Phalanta phalantha is a sun-loving butterfly of the Nymphalid or Brush-footed Butterfly family. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phalanta_phalantha

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