Parantica sita niphonica

[Trehopr1]

Here I present a wonderful rather large Danaid
which hails from the Unumara highlands of
Nagano, Japan.

Recently, acquired by me I find that it was collected
on Sept.04.1998

The species is almost as large as our native Monarch
yet, has a somewhat bi-colored appearance. I find it
rather extraordinary for its coloration and I am quite
happy to have run across it.

[Paul K]

This species is included now in genus Parantica
I have collected the nominate subspecies in Northern Thailand. It is a mimicry model for many butterfly and moth species in East Asia.

[Trehopr1]

Thank you very much Paul for the correction on that genus. I was very much unaware of any changes !

Having things up to date is very important...

[adamcotton]

That change is not recent (about 1982?), but since Parantica is an Asian genus it may not be well known on the American side of the world.

Adam.