Parantica, commonly called Tigers, is an Old World

Old World

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 genus of butterflies

Butterfly

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 in subfamily Danainae of family Nymphalidae

Nymphalidae

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. They are found in southeastern Asia, Indonesia

Indonesia

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, Papua-New Guinea, and the Philippines

Philippines

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. Many of these species are endemic to islands and considered endangered, vulnerable, or threatened according to the IUCN Red List.
For other butterflies called Tigers see the genus Danaus

Danaus (genus)

Danaus, commonly called Tigers, Milkweeds, Monarchs, and Queens, is a genus of butterflies in the tiger butterfly tribe. They are found worldwide, including North America, South America, Africa, Asia, Indonesia and Australia...

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Species

• Parantica aglea
  Parantica aglea
  The Glassy Tiger is a butterfly found in India that belongs to the Crows and Tigers, that is, the Danaid group of the Brush-footed butterflies family.-Description:...
  
  (Stoll, 1782) -- Glassy (Blue) Tiger
• Parantica agleoides
  Parantica agleoides
  The Dark Glassy Tiger is a butterfly found in India that belongs to the Crows and Tigers, that is, the Danaid group of the Brush-footed butterflies family.-Description:...
  
  (C. & R. Felder, 1860) -- Dark Glassy Tiger
• Parantica albata (Zinken, 1831) -- Zinken's Tiger
• Parantica aspasia
  Parantica aspasia
  The Yellow Glassy Tiger is a butterfly found in Asia that belongs to the Crows and Tigers, that is, the Danaid group of the Brush-footed butterflies family.-References:* Evans, W.H. The Identification of Indian Butterflies...
  
  (Fabricius, 1787) -- Yellow Glassy Tiger
• Parantica cleona (Stoll, 1782)
• Parantica clinias (Grose-Smith, 1890) -- New Ireland Yellow Tiger
• Parantica crowleyi (Jenner Weir, 1894) -- Chestnut Tiger
• Parantica dabrerai (Miller & Miller, 1978) -- D'Abrera's Tiger
• Parantica dannatti (Talbot, 1936) -- Dannatt's Tiger
• Parantica davidi (Schröder, 1976) -- David's Tiger
• Parantica fuscela (Parsons, 1989)
• Parantica garamantis (Godman & Salvin, 1888) -- Angled Tiger
• Parantica hypowattan (Morishita, 1981) -- Morishita's Tiger
• Parantica kirbyi (Grose-Smith, 1894) -- Kirby's Tiger
• Parantica kuekenthali (Pagenstecher, 1896) -- Kuekenthal's Yellow Tiger
• Parantica luzonensis (C. & R. Felder, 1863)
• Parantica marcia (Joicey & Talbot, 1916) -- Biak Tiger
• Parantica menadensis (Moore, 1883) -- Manado Tiger
• Parantica melaneus
  Parantica melaneus
  The Chocolate Tiger is a butterfly found in Asia that belongs to the Crows and Tigers, that is, the Danaid group of the Brush-footed butterflies family.-Description:...
  
  (Cramer, 1775) -- Chocolate Tiger
• Parantica melusine (Grose-Smith, 1894)
• Parantica milagros (Schröder & Treadaway, 1880) -- Milagros' Tiger
• Parantica nilgiriensis
  Parantica nilgiriensis
  The Nilgiri Tiger is a butterfly found in the Western Ghats and Nilgiri Hills of southern India belonging to the Danaid group of the Brush-footed butterflies family.-Description:...
  
  (Moore, 1877) -- Nilgiri Tiger
• Parantica pedonga (Fujioka, 1970)
• Parantica philo (Grose-Smith, 1895) -- Sumbawa Tiger
• Parantica phyle (C. & R. Felder, 1863) -- Felder's Tiger
• Parantica pseudomelaneus
  Parantica pseudomelaneus
  Parantica pseudomelaneus is a species of nymphalid butterfly in the subfamily Danainae. It is endemic to Indonesia.-Source:* Lepidoptera Specialist Group 1996. . Downloaded on 10 August 2007....
  
  (Moore, 1883) -- Javan Tiger
• Parantica pumila (Boisduval, 1859) -- Least tiger
• Parantica rotundata (Grose-Smith, 1890) -- Fat Tiger
• Parantica schenkii (Koch, 1865)
• Parantica schoenigi (Jumalon, 1971) -- Father Schoenig's Chocolate
• Parantica sita
  Parantica sita
  The Chestnut Tiger is a butterfly found in India that belongs to the Crows and Tigers, that is, the Danaid group of the Brush-footed butterflies family.-Description:...
  
  (Kollar, 1844) -- Chestnut Tiger
• Parantica sulewattan (Fruhstorfer, 1896) -- Bonthain Tiger
• Parantica swinhoei (Moore, 1883) -- Swinhoe's Chocolate Tiger
• Parantica taprobana (C. & R. Felder, 1865) -- Ceylon Tiger
• Parantica tityoides (Hagen, 1890) -- Sumatran Chocolate Tiger
• Parantica timorica (Grose-Smith, 1887) -- Timor Yellow Tiger
• Parantica toxopei (Nieuwenhuis, 1969) -- Toxopeus
  Lambertus Johannes Toxopeus
  Lambertus Johannes Toxopeus, born 1894 in Toeban, Java - died April 21, 1951 in Bandung, Java was a Java born, Dutch nationality lepidopterist. He mainly worked in Indonesia then known as the Dutch East Indies and specialised in the families Lycaenidae and Hesperiidae.-References:...
  
  ' Yellow Tiger
• Parantica vitrina (C. & R. Felder, 1861) --
• Parantica wegneri (Nieuwenhuis, 1960) -- Flores Tiger
• Parantica weiskei (Rothschild, 1901) -- Weiske's Tiger