Plain Tiger Butterfly-Danaus Chrysippus

The Plain Tiger (Danaus chrysippus) is a medium sized butterfly with a wingspan of about 70–88 mm. It belongs to the Danae subfamily of the brush footed butterflies, family Nymphalidae. It has black body with white spots. The wings has tawny color with black and white spots. They lay their eggs on milkweeds on which their larvae (caterpillars) feed and that is why they are generally known as Milkweed butterfly. The other common name is African Monarch.


Plain Tiger Butterfly-Danaus Chrysippus
Milkweed butterfly
Male
Milkweed butterfly
Male
Milkweed butterfly
Female
Milkweed butterfly
Female
Milkweed butterfly
Open Winged
Couple

1 comment:

Digital SLR Cameras said...

Perfect shots! Butterflies are among of those I want to capture along with the flowers, beaches and skies..

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