Striped Tiger Butterfly

Striped Tiger (Danaus genutia), known as Monarch Butterfly all over the world, is seen in the areas of heavy rainfall in India. It lives in forest areas and scrub jungles up to an altitude of 2700 m. This migratory species is also called common tiger.

It eats milkweeds such as blood flower, Madagascar jasmine and ceropegia. Striped Tiger is fond of flowers of lantana, fiddle-leavedjatropha, feathercocks'comb, radish, Indian chestnut, soap-nut tree, Chinese sunac and cadillo.