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Butterflies

Blue
Tiger

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Blue Tiger

Tirumala limniace

Upperside black, with bluish-white semihyaline spots and streaks. Underside: basal two-thirds of fore wing dusky black, the apex and hind wing olive-brown; the spots and streaks much as on the upperside, Antennae, head and thorax black, the latter two spotted and streaked with, white; abdomen dusky above, ochraceous spotted with white beneath.

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Regional Names
  • Bengali:
    হিমলকুচি, নীল ডোরা, নীল বাঘ
  • Malayalam:
    നീലക്കടുവ
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Taxanomy

LEPIDOPTERA
NYMPHALIDAE
Tirumala limniace

Quick Facts
  • As it is a dis-tasteful butterfly, several day-flying moths like Blue Tiger Moth, mimics this butterfly.
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