Tirumala (butterfly) explained

Tirumala is a genus of brush-footed butterflies erected by Frederic Moore in 1880. Its species are distributed in Africa, Asia, and Australia.[1]

Species

Butterfly Caterpillar Name Common nameDistribution
Tirumala formosa (Godman, 1880) forest monarch or beautiful tigerCameroon, Ethiopia, Kenya and Tanzania
Tirumala petiverana (Doubleday, [1847]) African blue tigerZimbabwe.
Tirumala gautama (Moore, 1877) scarce blue tigerIndia and Southeast Asia
Tirumala euploeomorpha (Howarth, Kawazoé & Sibatani, 1976) crow tigerSolomon Islands.
Tirumala choaspes (Butler, 1866)Sula Islands
Tirumala limniace (Cramer, [1775]) blue tigerSouth Asia and Southeast Asia
Tirumala septentrionis (Butler, 1874) dark blue tigerSikkim, into Assam, Myanmar, Cambodia and Southeast Asia; Odisha; West Bengal, southern India, the Western Ghats and Nilgiris; Sri Lanka
Tirumala hamata (MacLeay, 1826) dark blue tiger, blue wanderer, or blue tigerthe Philippines to Australia
Tirumala ishmoides Moore, 1883Visayan Islands, the Philippines
Tirumala alba Chou & Gu, 1994China.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Savela . Markku . December 25, 2018 . Tirumala Moore, [1880] ]. Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms . April 26, 2020.