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ECOLOGY
Habitat
Habitat and Ecology
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Systems
Terrestrial
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CONSERVATION
Conservation Status
IUCN Red List Assessment
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Red List Category
LR/lc
Lower Risk/least concern
Red List Criteria
Version
2.3
Year Assessed
1996
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Assessor/s
Lepidoptera Specialist Group
Reviewer/s
Contributor/s
History
1994
Rare (R)
1990
Rare (R)
1988
Rare (R)
1986
Rare (R)
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WIKIPEDIA
Tirumala gautama
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The Scarce Blue Tiger (Tirumala gautama) is a butterfly found in India and Southeast Asia that belongs to the Crows and Tigers, that is, the Danaid group of the Brush-footed butterflies family.
Description[edit]
Tirumala gautama
Upperside fuliginous black with semi-hyaline bluish-white streaks and spots. Fore wing: a long narrow streak generally extended to spot beyond and a short curved broader upper streak in interspace 1; cell with two narrow streaks joined at base, and an irregular spot sometimes divided into three at apex, the upper of the two basal streaks generally extended to the apical spot; a curved discal series of streaks, broad and elongate in interspace 2, short, almost rectangular, in interspace 3, narrow and elongate in the interspaces to the costa; finally, an irregular, somewhat crooked subterminal row of spots and a terminal more regular series of dots. Hind wing: two streaks, joined at base in cell, with short, slender, detached streak between their apices ; interspace 1 b white ; 1 a, 1, 2 and 3 with two streaks, joined at base in each; 4 to 8 with single broad short streaks; beyond these, subterminal and terminal rows of spots. Underside similar, hyaline markings clearer. Antennae black; head and thorax black, spotted and streaked with bluish white; abdomen fuscous, ochraceous beneath. Male secondary sex-mark in form 1.[2]
Race gautamoides (Nicobar Islands) Smaller than gautama, Moore, with comparatively narrower wings. Fore wing : upper streak in cell very short and ill-defined. Hind wing: streaks in cell much broader, the lower one with a projection in form of a hook or spur.
References[edit]
^ Lepidoptera Specialist Group (1996). Tirumala gautama. 2006. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. www.iucnredlist.org. Retrieved on 12 May 2006.
^ Bingham, C. T. (1905) The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Butterflies. Vol 1
See also[edit]
Danainae
Nymphalidae
List of butterflies of India
List of butterflies of India (Nymphalidae) |
