Danaus genutia

Common tiger
Upperside
Male, underside
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Danaus
Species:
D. genutia
Binomial name
Danaus genutia
(Cramer, [1779])
Synonyms
  • Papilio genutia Cramer, [1779]
  • Danaus adnana Swinhoe, 1917
  • Danaus plexippus plexippus f. albipars Talbot, 1943
  • Danaus bandjira Martin, 1911
  • Danaus bimana Martin, 1911
  • Danaida plexippus plexippus f. grynion Fruhstorfer, 1907
  • Danaus nipalensis Moore, 1877
  • Danaus sumbana Talbot, 1943
  • Danaus tuak Pryer & Cator, 1894
  • Danaus uniens Martin, 1911
  • Salatura intermedia Moore, 1883
  • Salatura intensa Moore, 1883
  • Salatura laratensis Butler, 1883
  • Danaida alexis Waterhouse & Lyell, 1914

Danaus genutia, the common tiger, is one of the common butterflies of India. It belongs to the "crows and tigers", that is, the Danainae group of the brush-footed butterflies family. The butterfly is also called striped tiger in India to differentiate it from the equally common plain tiger, Danaus chrysippus. The species was first described by Pieter Cramer in 1779.

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