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Dark Glassy Tiger

Parantica agleoides

Classification

Class
Insecta

Parantica agleoides, the dark glassy tiger, is a species of butterfly that belongs to the danaid group (also known as crows and tigers) of the brush-footed butterflies family. It is found in India. Description Like Parantica aglea, but differs structurally in vein 11 of forewing not being anastomosed with 12; the semihyaline streaks and spots on both forewing and hindwing are shorter and narrower, especially on the latter, where a larger area of black margin beyond the streaks is shown than in P.

Distribution

Dang H, Huynh H, Phan T, Bui KT, Luong TT, Nguyen VH · CC BY
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