Common name: Blackveined Tiger.
Latin name: Danaus melanippus hegesippus.
Wingspan: about 8–9cm.
Range: India to Sundaland and Sulawesi.
Habitat: secondary growth surrounded by primary forests on the plains.
Food plant: Raphistemma pulchellum.
Latin name: Danaus melanippus hegesippus.
Wingspan: about 8–9cm.
Range: India to Sundaland and Sulawesi.
Habitat: secondary growth surrounded by primary forests on the plains.
Food plant: Raphistemma pulchellum.
NYMPHALIDAE ~ DANAINAE ~ DANAINI
The Blackveined Tiger (Danaus melanippus hegesippus)
The Blackveined Tiger (Danaus melanippus hegesippus). © Chin Fah Shin.
This page revised on 31 May 2003. Copyright © Chin Fah Shin.
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