Number: 219
Family: Nymphaliidae
Sub-Family: Danaiinae
Sub-Family: Danaiinae
Species: Parantica sita sita (Kollar, [1844])
Common name(s): The Chestnut Tiger
Photography locations: Ba Vi N.P. (Hanoi), Tam Đường Distr. (Lai Chau Prov.), Hàm Yên Distr. (Tuyên Quang Prov.)
Female Parantica sita sita nectaring on Bidens flowers (Mount Ba Vi, December 2016)
Male Parantica sita sita, from Lai Chau (January 2017)
Particularly easy to see in this picture are the male alar androconial organ (sex brand) on the sub-tornal area of the hindwing
Same individual, showing its upperwings
Another male, puddling in a dry stream bed (Ham Yên District, Tuyen Quang Prov., 30th January 2017)
Same male specimen, in flight
There are actually 42 species in the genus Parantica, whose representatives occur variously from India to the islands of the South Pacific. Parantica sita is one of the most widespread species, being distributed from northern India to Korea and Japan, and south to the West Malaysian peninsula.
Six Parantica species are known to occur in Vietnam viz. P. aglea, P. agleoides, P. aspasia, P. melaneus, P. swinhoei, P. sita.
Particularly easy to see in this picture are the male alar androconial organ (sex brand) on the sub-tornal area of the hindwing
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