List of butterflies of India (Danainae)

This is a list of the butterflies of India belonging to the subfamily Danainae of the family Nymphalidae and an index to the species articles. This forms part of the full List of butterflies of India (Nymphalidae) which itself is part of the complete List of butterflies of India.

Three Danainae butterflies, clockwise from left: dark blue tiger (Tirumala septentrionis), striped blue crow (Euploea mulciber), and common tiger (Danaus genutia)

A total of 26 species belonging to six genera are found in India.

Parantica, glassy tigers

• Yellow glassy tiger, Parantica aspasia (Fabricius, 1787)
• Dark glassy tiger, Parantica agleoides (Felder & Felder, 1860)
• Glassy tiger, Parantica aglea (Stoll, 1782)
• Chocolate tiger, Parantica melaneus (Cramer, 1775)
• Chestnut tiger, Parantica sita (Kollar, 1844)
• Nilgiri tiger, Parantica nilgiriensis (Moore, 1877)

Ideopsis, blue glassy tigers

• blue glassy tiger, Ideopsis vulgaris (Butler, 1874)
• Ceylon blue glassy tiger, Ideopsis similis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Tirumala, blue tigers

• Dark blue tiger, Tirumala septentrionis (Butler, 1874)
• Scarce blue tiger, Tirumala gautama (Moore, 1877)
• Blue tiger, Tirumala limniace Cramer, 1775

Danaus, tigers

• Plain tiger, Danaus chrysippus Linnaeus, 1758
• Common or striped tiger, Danaus genutia Cramer, 1779
• White tiger, Danaus melanippus Cramer, 1777
• Malay tiger, Danaus affinis Fabricius, 1775

Euploea, crows

• Striped blue crow, Euploea mulciber (Cramer, 1777)
• Striped black crow, Euploea doubledayi Felder & Felder, 1865
• Spotted black crow, Euploea crameri H. Lucas, 1853
• Common Indian crow, Euploea core (Cramer, 1780)
• Long branded blue crow Euploea algea (Godart, 1819)
• Double-branded crow, Euploea sylvester (Fabricius, 1793)
• Magpie crow, Euploea radamanthus (Fabricius, 1793)
• Blue king crow, Euploea klugii Moore, 1858
• Blue spotted crow, Euploea midamus (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Euploea eunice (Godart, 1819)
• Andaman crow, Euploea andamanensis (Atkinson, 1874)
• Nicobar crow, Euploea scherzeri (Felder, 1862) (includes Euploea climena simulatrix Wood-Mason & de Nicéville, 1881)

Idea, tree nymphs

• Tree nymph, Idea lynceus (Drury, 1773)
• Malabar tree nymph, Idea malabarica Moore, 1877

See also

• Nymphalidae
• List of butterflies of India
• List of butterflies of India (Nymphalidae)

References

• Beccaloni, George; Scoble, Malcolm; Kitching, Ian; Simonsen, Thomas; Robinson, Gaden; Pitkin, Brian; Hine, Adrian; Lyal, Chris. "The Global Lepidoptera Names Index (LepIndex)". Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved 2016-10-15.
• Evans, W. H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society.
• Wynter-Blyth, Mark Alexander (1957). Butterflies of the Indian Region. Bombay, India: Bombay Natural History Society. ISBN 978-8170192329.