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Parantica melaneus  (Cramer, 1775)

Chocolate Tiger

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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: 
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Image locations

Images of Parantica melaneus from Thailand.
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Parantica melaneus (Cramer, 1775) Phu Kieow Wildlife Refuge Chaiyaphum November
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Parantica melaneus (Cramer, 1775) Phu Kieow Wildlife Refuge Chaiyaphum November
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Parantica melaneus (Cramer, 1775) Chiang Dao, Chiang Mai, February 2017
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Parantica melaneus (Cramer, 1775) Chiang Dao, Chiang Mai, February 2017
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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
Please note that individual species identifications do not necessarily represent the opinion of all contributors.

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