Parantica melaneus  (Cramer, 1775)

Chocolate Tiger
​Home > Insects​ > Lepidoptera - Butterflies > ​Nymphalidae > Parantica melaneus

Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Papilionoidea
Family: Nymphalidae
Subfamily: Danainae
​Genus: Parantica
Species: melaneus

  • Common name: Chocolate Tiger
  • Thai name: ผีเสื้อลายเสือสีตาล
  • Distribution: Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, China, W. Malaysia, Singapore, Borneo.
  • Image locations: Chaiyaphum, Chiang Mai, Phetchaburi
  • Additional notes: 
Parantica melaneus image location map.jpg
Image locations
Images of Parantica melaneus from Thailand.
Parantica melaneus.jpg
Parantica melaneus (Cramer, 1775) Phu Kieow Wildlife Refuge Chaiyaphum November
Parantica melaneus.jpg
Parantica melaneus (Cramer, 1775) Phu Kieow Wildlife Refuge Chaiyaphum November
Parantica melaneus from Chiang Mai.jpg
Parantica melaneus (Cramer, 1775) Chiang Dao, Chiang Mai, February 2017
Parantica melaneus from Chiang Dao.jpg
Parantica melaneus (Cramer, 1775) Chiang Dao, Chiang Mai, February 2017
Chocolate Tiger, Fruhstorfer,1910.jpg
Parantica melaneus plataiston (Fruhstorfer, 1910) Kaeng Krachan N.P. Phetchaburi April
References: 
​A Check List of Butterflies in Indo-China, Chiefly from THAILAND, LAOS & VIETNAM - Y.Inayoshi.
​Thai Butterflies