Scarce Blue Tiger

Tirumala est un genre de lépidoptères (papillons) appartenant à la famille des Nymphalidae et la sous-famille des Danainae et à la tribu des Danaini. Dénomination Le nom Tirumala leur a été donné par Frederic Moore en 1880. En anglais ils se nomment les Blue Tigers.

Tirumala gautama, the scarce blue tiger, is a butterfly species found in India and Southeast Asia that belongs to the "crows and tigers", that is, the danaid group of the brush-footed butterflies family. Description Upperside fuliginous black with semi-hyaline bluish-white streaks and spots. Forewing: a long narrow streak generally extended to spot beyond and a short curved broader upper streak in interspace 1; cell with two narrow streaks joined at base, and an irregular spot sometimes divided into three at apex, the upper of the two basal streaks generally extended to the apical spot;…

Tirumala es un género de lepidópteros perteneciente a la familia Nymphalidae. Se encuentran en África, Asia y Australia. Algunas especies son migratorias (Tirumala septentrionis, Tirumala limniace) recorriendo hasta 350 o 400 km.