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Dark Blue Tiger

Tirumala septentrionis (Butler, 1874)

Notes:

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Lepidoptera Family: Nymphalidae Genus: Tirumala Species: T. septentrionis

2 Species ID Suggestions

Ashish
Ashish 11 years ago
Dark Blue Tiger
Tirumala septentrionis Tirumala septentrionis
AdamBT
AdamBT 11 years ago
Chocolate Tiger Butterfly
Parantica melaneus Parantica melaneus


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5 Comments

Thanks Ashish.. for the ID

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 11 years ago

Overwing's Blue spots in ventral view not match with Parantica genus butterfly.
Its look like as Dark Blue Tiger (Tirumala septentrionis) which find in Bhutan.
http://www.flutters.org/home/photogaller...

AdamBT
AdamBT 11 years ago

Welcome!

Thanks @ Adam for the ID

AdamBT
AdamBT 11 years ago

Nice shot!

Credit for the ID must go to Miguel.Denyer, who ID'd a very similar spotting of mine:http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/12565080

Thimphu, Bhutan

Spotted on Aug 4, 2012
Submitted on Aug 4, 2012

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