D'Abrera's tiger
| D'Abrera's tiger | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Parantica |
| Species: | P. dabrerai
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| Binomial name | |
| Parantica dabrerai (Miller & Miller, 1978)
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The D'Abrera's tiger (Parantica dabrerai) is a species of nymphalid butterfly in the Danainae subfamily. It is endemic to Sulawesi, Indonesia.[1] The species was discovered by Bernard d'Abrera, an Australian entomological taxonomist and philosopher of science. The butterfly is described as black and white,[2] with similar markings to a monarch butterfly.
References[]
- ^ Lepidoptera Specialist Group 1996. Parantica dabrerai. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Accessed 2007-31-07.
- ^ "Parantica agleoides". insecta.pro. Retrieved 2019-12-17.
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