Butterfly: Danaus chrysippus chrysippus

Danaus chrysippus chrysippus is treated by the GBIF Backbone as a synonym of Danaus chrysippus (also recorded as Plain Tiger), an accepted subspecies in the family Nymphalidae, within the order Lepidoptera. Checklist records aggregated by GBIF list it from Europe, European Union, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cyprus, Canary Is., Spain, and Canary Islands. Butterflies and moths pass through egg, larval, pupal and adult stages, and adults are characterised by wings covered in microscopic scales.

Common name

Plain Tiger

Family

Nymphalidae

Order

Lepidoptera

Identification rank

Subspecies

Recorded distribution

Europe, European Union, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cyprus, Canary Is., Spain, Canary Islands

Taxonomy source: GBIF Backbone Taxonomy