Number: 41
Family: Nymphaliidae
Sub-Family: Danaiinae
Sub-Family: Danaiinae
Species: Tirumala septentrionis septentrionis (Butler, 1874)
Common name(s): The Dark Blue Tiger
Photography location: Cuc Phuong N.P. (Ninh Binh Prov.), Ba Vi N.P. (Hanoi)
Tirumala septentrionis feeding on Chromolaena odorata flowers, Ba Vi foothills, December 2016
Absence of a scent scale pouch (at vein 2 on HW) indicates that it is a female
Male Tirumala septentrionis mud-puddling at Cuc Phuong, summer 2013
Monastyrskii & Devyatkin (2016) listed 3 Tirumala species from Vietnam - septentrionis, limniace and gautama, the former two widespread throughout the country, the latter recorded from the center (Quang Binh Prov.) and south.
Absence of a scent scale pouch (at vein 2 on HW) indicates that it is a female
Underwing pattern
Tirumala cf. septentrionis larva (Ba Vi, April 2017)
Caterpillars in Danainae subfamily have 2 or more long dorsal filaments. They are usually banded with bright warning colour usually black, yellow and white.
Caterpillars in Danainae subfamily have 2 or more long dorsal filaments. They are usually banded with bright warning colour usually black, yellow and white.
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