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Black Veined Tiger or White Tiger

Danaus melanippus

Description:

Black Veined Tiger or White 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.

Habitat:

It ranges from Assam in eastern India[verification needed] through Southeast Asia south to Indonesia, and eastwards to the Philippines and through southern China to Taiwan (Evans 1932, Smith et al. 2005). It has around 15 (13-18, according to author) subspecies, and its closest relative is the Malay Tiger, Danaus affinis (Smith et al. 2005).

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Roxas City, Capiz, Philippines

Spotted on Aug 10, 2013
Submitted on Apr 9, 2014

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