---
title: "Glassy Tiger"
description: "Parantica aglea — Insectos y arañas. Parantica aglea, commonly known as the glassy tiger, is a butterfly found in the Indomalayan realm."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/es/animal/glassy-tiger
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Glassy Tiger

> Parantica aglea — Insectos y arañas. Parantica aglea, commonly known as the glassy tiger, is a butterfly found in the Indomalayan realm.

- Scientific name: *Parantica aglea*
- Category: `insects` (Insectos y arañas)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 9592
- Wikidata: [Q7135572](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7135572)
- iNaturalist taxon: [133927](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/133927)

## Names

- en: Glassy Tiger
- de: Glastiger

## Countries with the most observations

IN (3135), HK (2492), TW (1580), TH (356), LK (274), VN (246), CN (218), NP (67), KH (44), MM (43), BT (24), LA (24)

## Summary

Parantica aglea, commonly known as the glassy tiger, is a butterfly found in the Indomalayan realm. The species is a member of the Danainae subfamily of the Nymphalidae family.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parantica_aglea

## Photo

![Glassy Tiger](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/glassy-tiger/medium.jpg)

Photo: Ding Lang Reyes · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/341619333

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/glassy-tiger?lang=es` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).