Biology:Tirumala (genus)

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Tirumala
Dark blue tiger sec.jpg
Tirumala septentrionis
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Subtribe: Danaina
Genus: Tirumala
Moore, [1880]
Synonyms
  • Melinda Moore, 1883
  • Elsa Honrath, 1892

Tirumala is a genus of brush-footed butterflies. Its species are distributed in Africa, Asia, and Australia.

Species

  • Tirumala formosa (Godman, 1880) – forest monarch or beautiful tiger
  • Tirumala petiverana (Doubleday, [1847]) – African blue tiger
  • Tirumala gautama (Moore, 1877) – scarce blue tiger
  • Tirumala euploeomorpha (Howarth, Kawazoé & Sibatani, 1976) – crow tiger
  • Tirumala choaspes (Butler, 1866)
  • Tirumala limniace (Cramer, [1775]) – blue tiger
  • Tirumala septentrionis (Butler, 1874) – dark blue tiger
  • Tirumala hamata (MacLeay, 1826) – dark blue tiger, blue wanderer, or blue tiger
  • Tirumala ishmoides Moore, 1883
  • Tirumala alba Chou & Gu, 1994

Species

  • Tirumala at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q1944174 entry