Summary description from Wikipedia:

Parantica melaneus in languages:

Chinese

黑絹斑蝶

English

Chocolate Tiger

Japanese

タイワンアサギマダラ

Thai

ผีเสื้อลายเสือสีตาล

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Parent Taxon

• Parantica

Sibling Taxa

• Parantica aglea
• Parantica agleoides
• Parantica albata
• Parantica aspasia
• Parantica cleona
• Parantica clinias
• Parantica crowleyi
• Parantica dabrerai
• Parantica dannatti
• Parantica davidi
• Parantica fuscela
• Parantica garamantis
• Parantica hypowattan
• Parantica kirbyi
• Parantica kuekenthali
• Parantica luzonensis
• Parantica marcia
• Parantica melaneus
• Parantica menadensis
• Parantica milagros
• Parantica nilgiriensis
• Parantica pedonga
• Parantica philo
• Parantica phyle
• Parantica pseudomelaneus
• Parantica pumila
• Parantica rotundata
• Parantica schenkii
• Parantica schoenigi
• Parantica sita
• Parantica sulewattan
• Parantica swinhoei
• Parantica taprobana
• Parantica timorica
• Parantica tityoides
• Parantica toxopei
• Parantica tytia
• Parantica vitrina
• Parantica wegneri
• Parantica weiskei

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