Parantica, commonly called tigers, is an Old World genus of butterflies in subfamily Danainae of family Nymphalidae. They are found in Southeast Asia, Indonesia, Papua-New Guinea, and the Philippines. Many of these species are endemic to islands and considered endangered, vulnerable, or threatened according to the IUCN Red List.[
For other butterflies called tigers see the genus Danaus.
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Parantica are large, slender, black and light blue or white butterflies. The body appears strikingly small and thin compared to the large wings.
Species
Species in alphabetical order:[http://www.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/nymphalidae/danainae/parantica/index.html Parantica]
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Parantica aglea (Stoll, 1782) – glassy (blue) tiger
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Parantica agleoides (C. & R. Felder, 1860) – dark glassy tiger
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Parantica albata (Zinken, 1831) – Zinken's tiger
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Parantica aspasia (Fabricius, 1787) – yellow glassy tiger
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Parantica cleona (Stoll, 1782)
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Parantica clinias (Grose-Smith, 1890) – New Ireland yellow tiger
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Parantica crowleyi (Jenner Weir, 1894) – Crowley's tiger
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Parantica dabrerai (Miller & Miller, 1978) – D'Abrera's tiger
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Parantica dannatti (Talbot, 1936) – Dannatt's tiger
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Parantica davidi (Schröder, 1976) – David's tiger
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Parantica fuscela (Parsons, 1989)
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Parantica garamantis (Godman & Salvin, 1888) – angled tiger
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Parantica hypowattan (Morishita, 1981) – Morishita's tiger
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Parantica kirbyi (Grose-Smith, 1894) – Kirby's tiger
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Parantica kuekenthali (Pagenstecher, 1896) – Kuekenthal's yellow tiger
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Parantica luzonensis (C. & R. Felder, 1863)
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Parantica marcia (Joicey & Talbot, 1916) – Biak tiger
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Parantica menadensis (Moore, 1883) – Manado tiger
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Parantica melaneus (Cramer, 1775) – chocolate tiger
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Parantica melusine (Grose-Smith, 1894)
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Parantica milagros (Schröder & Treadaway, 1880) – Milagros' tiger
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Parantica nilgiriensis (Moore, 1877) – Nilgiri tiger
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Parantica pedonga (Fujioka, 1970)]]
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Parantica philo (Grose-Smith, 1895) – Sumbawa tiger
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Parantica phyle (C. & R. Felder, 1863) – Felder's tiger
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Parantica pseudomelaneus (Moore, 1883) – Javan tiger
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Parantica pumila (Boisduval, 1859) – least tiger
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Parantica rotundata (Grose-Smith, 1890) – fat tiger
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Parantica schenkii (Koch, 1865)
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Parantica schoenigi (Jumalon, 1971) – Father Schoenig's chocolate
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Parantica sita (Kollar, 1844) – chestnut tiger
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Parantica sulewattan (Fruhstorfer, 1896) – Bonthain tiger
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Parantica swinhoei (Moore, 1883) – Swinhoe's chocolate tiger
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Parantica taprobana (C. & R. Felder, 1865) – Ceylon tiger
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Parantica tityoides (Hagen, 1890) – Sumatran chocolate tiger
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Parantica timorica (Grose-Smith, 1887) – Timor yellow tiger
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Parantica toxopei (Nieuwenhuis, 1969) – Toxopeus' yellow tiger
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Parantica vitrina (C. & R. Felder, 1861) – Filipino glassy tiger
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Parantica wegneri (Nieuwenhuis, 1960) – Flores tiger
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Parantica weiskei (Rothschild, 1901) – Weiske's tiger
