Danaus chrysippus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Sidat, Azaz & Bhatt, Urjit, 2020, Annotated checklist of butterflies of Ankleshwar-an industrial town in Gujarat, India, Check List 16 (4), pp. 997-1015 : 1001

Danaus chrysippus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Plain Tiger

Figure 4F

Material examined. INDIA • Gujarat, Bharuch district, Ankleshwar; transects T-01, T-02, T-03, T-04, T-05, T-06, T-07, T-08, T-09, T-10 ( Table 1); agricultural hedges or barren/discarded lands, suburban areas, industrial zone, roadside vegetation, and near ponds with surrounding wetland plants.

Identification. Pale orange with black marginal borders; upper forewing with black tips and a sub-apical white band of elongated spots; devoid of bold outlines to veins, hindwings with 3 or 4 discal spots on both sides; thorax black with white spots.