Parantica sita (Kollar, [1844])

Taxonomy
class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Papilionoidea → family Nymphalidae → subfamily Danainae → tribe Danaini → subtribe Danaina → genus Parantica → species Parantica sita
Species name(s)
Parantica sita (Kollar, [1844]) = Danais sita Kollar, [1844] = Caduga loochooana Moore, 1883 = Danaus sita = Parantica sita sita = Danais tytia Gray & Doubleday, 1846 = Chittira tira Fruhstorfer, 1899.
Chestnut Tiger
urn:lsid:insecta.pro:taxonomy:15109
Expansion
Zoogeographical regions
Palaearctic, Indo-Malayan.
Russia regions
#38. Sakhalin; #39. Yuzhno-Kurilsky; #40. Primorsky.
Primary colors
Brown/Gray/Black, White.
Flight time
January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December |

Detailed information with references
Distribution
- Regions of Russia: Primorye, Sakhalin and South Kuril. [3]. Peter Khramov.
Lifespan
- Mid-August - the beginning of October Personal communication. Sergei Kotov.
Larva food plants
- Plants of the family Asclepiaceae.
Vincetoxicum acuminatum (Lastoven pointed); Metaplexis japonica (Japanese Metapleksis); Cynanchum caudatum (Lastoven tailed) Personal communication. Vasiliy Feoktistov.
Subspecies Parantica sita
- P. s. ethologa (Swinhoe, 1899).
- P. s. melanosticta Morishita, 1994.
- P. s. niphonica (Moore, 1883).
- P. s. oblita Tsukada & Nishiyama, 1979.
- P. s. sita.
- P. s. tytia (Gray, 1846).
Authors
Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.
Photos:
Yuri Semejkin. Text data: Peter Khramov, Vasiliy Feoktistov, Sergei Kotov.
Main characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov, Sergei Kotov.
Color characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov.
References
- [3] Каталог чешуекрылых (Lepidoptera) России. Под ред. С. Ю. Синёва. СПб.; М.: Товарищество научных изданий КМК, 2008
- Vasiliy Feoktistov, personal communication
- Sergei Kotov, personal communication
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