Chocolate Tiger

Parantica melaneus (known colloquially as the chocolate tiger), is a butterfly found in Asia that belongs to the crows and tigers, that is, the danaid group of the brush-footed butterflies family. Description Upperside: forewing black, Hindwing very dark purplish brown, with faintly bluish white subhyaline markings. Underside: forewing black, the apex broadly suffused with bright chestnut-brown; hindwing bright chestnut-browvn, with a patch on the costa and a portion of the disc and termen very much darker in most specimens.

Papilio agestor ou Mime fauve est une espèce de lépidoptères (papillons) de la famille des Papilionidae. L'espèce est présente dans l'Himalaya, du nord-est de l'Inde à la Chine et dans la péninsule indochinoise. Elle est mimétique de Parantica sita et de Parantica melaneus.

Parantica es un género de lepidópteros de la familia Nymphalidae. Es originario del Viejo Mundo. ​ Especies​​ Parantica aglea (Stoll, 1782) -- Glassy (Blue) Tiger Parantica agleoides (C.