Insect

Blue Tiger

Tirumala limniace

Blue Tiger (Tirumala limniace) photographed by Devendra Bhardwaj — Image: Devendra Bhardwaj · iNaturalist · CC BY-NC 4.0 · Jhalana Doongri, Jaipur, Rajasthan · Resized

Scientific name: Tirumala limniace
Family: Nymphalidae, order Lepidoptera
Group: Insect

A blue-streaked butterfly that travels with the monsoon.

Spot it Pale blue streaks on dark wings.
Home Open land and gardens.
Food web Caterpillars eat milkweed-family plants; adults sip nectar.
Why it matters Pollinates flowers while migrating, and its bitter body protects it from predators.

Read more: Tirumala limniace on Wikipedia

Sources and credits

Records and field notes

RajasthanDevendra Bhardwaj has 2 verified records of this species on iNaturalist, between 2006 and 2020, in Jaipur.^[20]

Sources

Devendra Bhardwaj. iNaturalist observations and notes, with place and date (inaturalist.org/people/devendrabhardwaj) (field record). The observer's own dated records and notes, with places. Statements in his notes are his own and were not independently checked by KJVF.
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and GBIF species data (family, order, Hindi names, IUCN category) (database). Open biodiversity data. Used for classification, Hindi common names and the IUCN category where one is given.
Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (opening lines of each species article, CC BY-SA 4.0). The link on each entry goes to the article (reference). Not peer reviewed. Only the opening description is used, and statements about origin or medicinal use are left out.
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