Danaus melanippus, the black veined tiger, white tiger, common tiger, or eastern common tiger, is a butterfly species found in tropical Asia which belongs to the "crows and tigers", that is, the danaine group of the brush-footed butterflies family.
It ranges from Assam in eastern India through South-East Asia south to Indonesia, and eastwards to the Philippines and through southern China to Taiwan. It has around 17 subspecies, and its closest relative is the Malay tiger, Danaus affinis.Smith, David A. S.; Lushai, Gugs & Allen, John A. (2005). A classification of Danaus butterflies (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) based upon data from morphology and DNA. Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 144(2): 191–212. (HTML abstract) . Gallery
Subspecies Listed alphabetically:"Danaus Kluk, 1780" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms D. m. celebensis (Staudinger, 1889) – northern Sulawesi D. m. edmondii (Bougainville, 1837) – Philippines D. m. edwardi (van Eecke, 1914) – Simeulue D. m. eurydice (Butler, 1884) – Nias D. m. haruhasa Doherty, 1891 – Sumbawa - Alor D. m. hegesippus (Cramer, ) – Peninsular Malaya, Langkawi, Singapore, Sumatra, Bangka, Belitung D. m. indicus (Fruhstorfer, 1899) – eastern India - Thailand, Indo-China D. m. keteus (Hagen, 1898) – Mentawai D. m. kotoshonis Matsumura, 1929 – Taiwan D. m. lotina (Fruhstorfer, 1904) – Natuna Island D. m. lotis (Cramer, ) D. m. melanippus (Cramer, ) – Java D. m. meridionigra Martin, – central Sulawesi D. m. nesippus (Felder, 1862) – Nicobars D. m. pietersi (Doherty, 1891) – Enggano D. m. umbrosus Fruhstorfer, 1906 – Pualu Tello
See also List of butterflies of India List of butterflies of India (Nymphalidae)
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