---
title: "Scarlet Tiger"
description: "Callimorpha dominula — Insetti e ragni. The scarlet tiger moth (Callimorpha dominula, formerly Panaxia dominula) is a colorful moth belonging to the tiger moth subfamily, Arctiinae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/scarlet-tiger
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Scarlet Tiger

> Callimorpha dominula — Insetti e ragni. The scarlet tiger moth (Callimorpha dominula, formerly Panaxia dominula) is a colorful moth belonging to the tiger moth subfamily, Arctiinae.

- Scientific name: *Callimorpha dominula*
- Category: `insects` (Insetti e ragni)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 13785
- Wikidata: [Q1478584](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1478584)
- iNaturalist taxon: [125312](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/125312)

## Names

- en: Scarlet Tiger
- de: Schönbär
- fr: Écaille marbrée
- nl: Bonte beer
- pl: Krasopani poziomkówka

## Countries with the most observations

GB (6951), DE (1176), FR (910), AT (890), IT (711), PL (396), RU (369), CZ (275), ES (237), LT (173), CH (164), RO (102)

## Summary

The scarlet tiger moth (Callimorpha dominula, formerly Panaxia dominula) is a colorful moth belonging to the tiger moth subfamily, Arctiinae. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae.

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

## Photo

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

Photo: Federico Biguzzi · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/139266975

## Machine access

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