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Plain Tiger

Danaus chrysippus

Description:

The Plain Tiger is a medium-sized butterfly with a wingspan of about 7–8 cm. The body is black with many white spots. The wings are tawny the upper side being brighter and richer than the underside. The apical half of the fore wing is black with a white band. The hind wing has 3 black spots around the center. The hind wing has a thin border of black enclosing a series of semicircular white spots.(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danaus_chrysippus)

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9 Comments

RiekoS
RiekoS 11 years ago

Very beautiful.

Greenphoenix
Greenphoenix 11 years ago

nice!

HemantKumar
HemantKumar 11 years ago

thank you all...:)

Sumukha Javagal
Sumukha Javagal 11 years ago

Beautiful spotting..!

LarsKorb
LarsKorb 11 years ago

Brilliant. Nuff said.

DanielePralong
DanielePralong 11 years ago

Stunning series Hemant!

TKBotting
TKBotting 11 years ago

Fantastic in-flight shots -- Nice!

Liam
Liam 11 years ago

Great series, Hemant!! It's difficult to shoot them in-flight!

OnengDyah
OnengDyah 11 years ago

Wouw...nice pic...

HemantKumar
Spotted by
HemantKumar

Andhra Pradesh, India

Spotted on Aug 16, 2012
Submitted on Aug 16, 2012

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