Subspecies in India
(1) Danaus genutia genutia (Cramer, [1779]) – Oriental Striped Tiger
Conservation and Special status
This species is legally protected in India under Schedule I of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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This species is legally protected in India under Schedule I of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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| Andaman and Nicobar Islands UT | |||||||||||||
| Andhra Pradesh | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Arunachal Pradesh | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Assam | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | |||||
| Bihar | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Chandigarh | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Chhattisgarh | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | ||||
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli UT | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Daman & Diu UT | |||||||||||||
| Delhi | 8 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 1 | ||||||||
| Goa | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Gujarat | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Haryana | |||||||||||||
| Himachal Pradesh | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Jammu and Kashmir UT | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Jharkhand | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Karnataka | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 17 | |
| Kerala | 3 | 2 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 7 | ||||
| Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
| Lakshadweep | |||||||||||||
| Madhya Pradesh | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | |||||||
| Maharashtra | 20 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 27 | 27 | 54 | 19 | |
| Manipur | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Meghalaya | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Mizoram | |||||||||||||
| Nagaland | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Odisha | |||||||||||||
| Puducherry UT | |||||||||||||
| Punjab | |||||||||||||
| Rajasthan | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Sikkim | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | |||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Tripura | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Uttarakhand | 3 | 2 | |||||||||||
| West Bengal | 6 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 7 | |||
| Total | 37 | 19 | 19 | 33 | 19 | 50 | 39 | 36 | 69 | 65 | 77 | 59 |
Asclepias curassavica (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000), Ceropegia fantastica(V.C. Balakrishnan pers. obs. 2017), Ceropegia hirsuta (V.C. Balakrishnan pers. obs. 2017), Ceropegia intermedia (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000), Ceropegia lawii (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000), Ceropegia vincifolia (V.C. Balakrishnan pers. obs. 2017), Cynanchum callialatum (Saji et al. 2018), Cynanchum dalhousiae (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000), Cynanchum liukiuense (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000), Holostemma ada-kodien (P. Churi pers. obs. 2017), Marsdenia floribunda (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000), Marsdenia tinctoria (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000), Marsdenia tomentosa (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000), Passularia (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000), Raphistemma pulchellum (Moore 1890; Pant & Chatterjee 1950; Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000), Tylophora flexuosa (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000) (Apocynaceae). Raphistemma lemma (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000) (Apocynaceae).
Key Reference:
Nitin, R., V. C. Balakrishnan, P. V. Churi, S. Kalesh, S. Prakash, and K. Kunte. 2018. Larval host plants of the butterflies of the Western Ghats, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 10:11495–11550.
For the complete list of larval host plants of Indian butterflies, see the page on larval host plants.
Key Reference:
Nitin, R., V. C. Balakrishnan, P. V. Churi, S. Kalesh, S. Prakash, and K. Kunte. 2018. Larval host plants of the butterflies of the Western Ghats, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 10:11495–11550.
For the complete list of larval host plants of Indian butterflies, see the page on larval host plants.
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Page citation
Saji K., N. Shastri, M. Bhakare, P. Churi & A. Sengupta 2023. Danaus genutia (Cramer, [1779]) – Striped Tiger. In Kunte, K., S. Sondhi, and P. Roy (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 4.12. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/danaus-genutia, accessed 2023/06/02.