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title: "Blue Tiger"
description: "Tirumala limniace — Insetti e ragni. Tirumala limniace, the blue tiger, is a species of butterfly found in South Asia, and Southeast Asia that belongs to the brush-footed butterfly family, Nymphalidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/blue-tiger
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Blue Tiger

> Tirumala limniace — Insetti e ragni. Tirumala limniace, the blue tiger, is a species of butterfly found in South Asia, and Southeast Asia that belongs to the brush-footed butterfly family, Nymphalidae.

- Scientific name: *Tirumala limniace*
- Category: `insects` (Insetti e ragni)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 13337
- Wikidata: [Q309688](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q309688)
- iNaturalist taxon: [143257](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/143257)

## Names

- en: Blue Tiger

## Countries with the most observations

IN (6456), HK (2829), TW (1435), LK (377), TH (125), MM (108), CN (92), ID (81), VN (64), PK (39), BD (28), NP (19)

## Summary

Tirumala limniace, the blue tiger, is a species of butterfly found in South Asia, and Southeast Asia that belongs to the brush-footed butterfly family, Nymphalidae. More specifically it is part of the crows and tigers or danaid group. This butterfly shows gregarious migratory behaviour in southern India. In some places, it may be found in congregations with Danaus genutia, Tirumala septentrionis, Euploea sylvester, Euploea core, Parantica aglea, and at high elevations, with Parantica nilgiriensis, on Crotalaria.

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

## Photo

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

Photo: Vijay Barve · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/43020928

## Machine access

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