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Parantica Moore 1880

The Glassy-Winged Tigers

Andrew V. Z. Brower
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Containing group: Danaini

Introduction

The Glassy-Winged Tigers range from India to the Papuan region. Many of the species are involved in mimicry complexes with one another and various swallowtails and pierids.

Discussion of Phylogenetic Relationships

This tree is based on morphological characters, as published by Ackery and Vane-Wright (1984). Several species described since that publication have been added in their inferred positions. The species (P.) weiskei was removed to a separate genus, Miriamaca, by Vane-Wright et al. (2002).

Other Names for Parantica Moore 1880

References

Ackery PR, and Vane-Wright RI. 1984. Milkweed butterflies. British Museum (Natural History), London.

Parsons, M. 1999 The butterflies of Papua New Guinea: their systematics and biology. San Diego: Academic Press.

Vane-Wright RI, Boppre M, and Ackery PR. 2002. Miriamaca, a new genus of milkweed butterflies with unique androconial organs (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Zoologischer Anzeiger 241: 255-267.

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Scientific Name Parantica sita niphonica
Location Taiwan
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
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Scientific Name Parantica aglea
Location Taiwan
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
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Scientific Name Parantica swinhoei
Location Taiwan
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
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Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, Tennessee, USA

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Brower, Andrew V. Z. 2008. Parantica Moore 1880. The Glassy-Winged Tigers. Version 22 May 2008 (under construction). http://tolweb.org/Parantica/70710/2008.05.22 in The Tree of Life Web Project, http://tolweb.org/

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