Blue tiger (Tirumala limniace)

Blue tiger (Tirumala limniace) is an animal species within the Nymphalidae, the brush-footed butterfly, exhibiting gregarious migratory behavior in that can absorb heat directly from the sun through its wings to facilitate autonomous flight.

T. limniace has a black body with white spots, a pair of black eyes, a pair of black antennae and black legs. The wing surface is dark brown with white and blue plots.

Larvae are yellowish white, the 3rd and 12th segments have a pair of fleshy filaments, black and greenish white. The head, legs and pincers are mottled with black. Larvae are about 1.21 cm long and initial weight of 5 mg, but grow up to four times within 48 hours.

The cocoons have a green color with golden spots scattered and beaded down the back. Blue tigers have at least nine subspecies. The migration population consists almost entirely of males.

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Subclass: Pterygota
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Papilionoidea
Family: Nymphalidae
Subfamily: Danainae
Tribe: Danaini
Subtribe: Danaina
Genus: Tirumala
Species: Tirumala limniace
Subspecies: T. l. bentenga, T. l. conjuncta, T. l. exotica, T. l. ino, T. l. leopardus, T. l. limniace, T. l. makassara, T. l. orestilla, T. l. vaneeckeni

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