Ceylon tiger

Species of butterfly

Ceylon tiger

Conservation status

Near Threatened (IUCN 2.3)[1]

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Insecta
Order:  | Lepidoptera
Family:  | Nymphalidae
Genus:  | Parantica
Species:  |

P. taprobana

Binomial name
Parantica taprobana

(Felder & Felder, 1865)

Synonyms

Chittira fumata

The Ceylon tiger (Parantica taprobana) is a species of nymphalid butterfly in the Danainae subfamily. It is endemic to Sri Lanka.[2]

## References

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1. ^ Lepidoptera Specialist Group (1996). "Parantica taprobana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T16159A5459110. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T16159A5459110.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
2. ^ "Ceylon Tiger - Encyclopedia of Life". eol.org. Retrieved 2024-02-06.

## External links

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* Sri Lanka Wild Life Information Database[usurped]

Taxon identifiers

Parantica taprobana|

* Wikidata: Q1375516
* ARKive: parantica-taprobana
* BioLib: 1256126
* CoL: 4D6SL
* EoL: 152444
* GBIF: 1897681
* iNaturalist: 108636
* Insecta.pro: 53243
* IRMNG: 11170950
* IUCN: 16159
* LepIndex: 147993
* Open Tree of Life: 3117696

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