The Plain Tiger ( Danaus chrysippus ) is a medium-sized vibrant butterfly with orange on the upperside with wings edged with black and white. The segmented body (head, thorax and abdomen) is black.

June 10 • The first 110 guests to Butterfly Wonderland receive a commemorative butterfly gift. • Special butterfly release at 10 a.m. featuring the Plain Tiger butterfly.

A caterpillar of the Plain Tiger butterfly (<em>Danaus chrysippus</em>) crawls on a leaf of its host plant Calotropis gigantia, sprawling with bacteria and fungi.

Although the Plain Tiger or African Monarch, is a frequent butterfly in it's normal ranges from Africa and southern Europe, eastwards via Sri Lanka, India, and Myanmar to China, Java and Sulawesi ...

Researchers at China’s Southwestern University recently studied the life cycles of two butterfly species— Danaus chrysippus (plain tiger) and Papilio polytes (common Mormon)— and two ...

The vibrant colours of the Plain Tiger advertise its unpalatable nature to predators around, so the Danaid female sends out the same signal, regardless of it not being toxic. This mimicking is ...

Chandigarh: ‘Striped Tiger’, ‘Blue Tiger’, ‘Plain Tiger’ or ‘Jezebel’, which among these will be the ‘ State Butterfly of Chandigarh’? - Your vote can help decide that! The ...

2. Plain Tiger (Danaus chrysippus) A plain tiger butterfly checking out a tasty flower. Photo by Debadutta/Pexels With its impressive 8-centimeter wingspan and striking orange-and-yellow wings ...

Although the Plain Tiger or African Monarch, is a frequent butterfly in it's normal ranges from Africa and southern Europe, eastwards via Sri Lanka, India, and Myanmar to China, Java and Sulawesi ...

Most of us learned about butterfly metamorphosis as a kid—a wriggly caterpillar molts its skin to form a tough chrysalis and emerges as a beautiful butterfly. But how exactly do chrysalises stay ...