Danaus melanippus, the black veined tiger, white tiger, common tiger, or eastern common tiger, is a butterfly species found in tropical Asia which belongs to the "crows and tigers", that is, the danaine group of the brush-footed butterflies family.
It ranges from Assam in eastern India through South-East Asia south to Indonesia, and eastwards to the Philippines and through southern China to Taiwan. It has around 17 subspecies, and its closest relative is the Malay tiger, Danaus affinis.
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Subspecies
Listed alphabetically:
- D. m. celebensis <small>(Staudinger, 1889)</small> â northern Sulawesi
- D. m. edmondii <small>(Bougainville, 1837)</small> â Philippines
- D. m. edwardi <small>(van Eecke, 1914)</small> â Simeulue
- D. m. eurydice <small>(Butler, 1884)</small> â Nias
- D. m. haruhasa <small>Doherty, 1891</small> â Sumbawa - Alor
- D. m. hegesippus <small>(Cramer, [1777])</small> â Peninsular Malaya, Langkawi, Singapore, Sumatra, Bangka, Belitung
- D. m. indicus <small>(Fruhstorfer, 1899)</small> â eastern India - Thailand, Indo-China
- D. m. keteus <small>(Hagen, 1898)</small> â Mentawai
- D. m. kotoshonis <small>Matsumura, 1929</small> â Taiwan
- D. m. lotina <small>(Fruhstorfer, 1904)</small> â Natuna Island
- D. m. lotis <small>(Cramer, [1779])</small>
- D. m. melanippus <small>(Cramer, [1777])</small> â Java
- D. m. meridionigra <small>Martin, [1914]</small> â central Sulawesi
- D. m. nesippus <small>(Felder, 1862)</small> â Nicobars
- D. m. pietersi <small>(Doherty, 1891)</small> â Enggano
- D. m. umbrosus <small>Fruhstorfer, 1906</small> â Pualu Tello
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