Danaus genutia (Cramer, [1779]) - Striped Tiger

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


  This species is legally protected in India under Schedule I of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.
 
StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecNo date
Andaman and Nicobar Islands UT
Andhra Pradesh1211111
Arunachal Pradesh1
Assam21312422
Bihar2
Chandigarh11
Chhattisgarh212231142
Dadra & Nagar Haveli UT11
Daman & Diu UT
Delhi81291
Goa1
Gujarat11
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh21
Jammu and Kashmir UT12
Jharkhand1
Karnataka31341101210310417
Kerala32152231237
Ladakh UT
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh111421
Maharashtra20138235101427275419
Manipur211
Meghalaya11
Mizoram
Nagaland11
Odisha
Puducherry UT
Punjab
Rajasthan1
Sikkim1342
Tamil Nadu3111111
Tripura111
Uttar Pradesh1113111
Uttarakhand32
West Bengal63394212477
Total371919331950393669657759
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.

 

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.