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Common tiger

Danaus genutia (Cramer, 1779)

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

The common tiger (Danaus genutia) is a species in the family Nymphalidae, order Lepidoptera.

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Quick facts about the common tiger

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Wingspan
5.8 cm – 7.04 cm
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
On the wing
All year
Generations a year
Several
Larval food plants
Apocynaceae family
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

How big is the common tiger?

COMMON TIGER · WINGSPAN 7.04 CMADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 7.04 cm, the recorded maximum wingspan of the common tiger is about 4.1% of the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

Where does the common tiger live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the common tiger as introduced in 1 country.

  1. Denmark

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the common tiger endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the common tiger classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyNymphalidae
  6. genusDanaus
  7. SpeciesDanaus genutia (Cramer, 1779)

Synonyms Danaida alexis, Danaus albipars, Danaus intermedia, Papilio genutia, Salatura intermedia

Other names and names in other languages (19)
  • Common tiger butterflyEnglish
  • Orange tigerEnglish
  • Striped tigerEnglish
  • Striped tiger butterflyEnglish
  • فراشة النمر الشائعةArabic
  • Indischer MonarchfalterGerman
  • Mariposa tigreSpanish
  • Monarque indienFrench
  • スジグロカバマダラJapanese
  • 별선두리왕나비Korean
  • ढाण्या कडवाMarathi
  • ผีเสื้อหนอนข้าวสารลายเสือThai
  • Bướm hổ vằnVietnamese
  • 虎斑蝶Chinese
  • ผีเสื้อหนอนใบรักลายเสือ หรือ ผีเสื้อหนอนข้าวสารลายเสือThai
  • 擬阿檀蝶Chinese
  • 粗脈棕斑蝶Chinese
  • 黑條樺斑蝶Chinese
  • 黑脈樺斑蝶Chinese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the common tiger

Other species in the same genus Danaus.

Plain tiger

Danaus chrysippus

NymphalidaeNo free photo yet

Queen

Danaus gilippus

NymphalidaeNo free photo yet

Soldier

Danaus eresimus

NymphalidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the common tiger?

An adult common tiger has a wingspan of 5.8 cm – 7.04 cm, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the common tiger an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the common tiger as introduced in 1 country: Denmark, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the common tiger?

The common tiger (Danaus genutia) belongs to the family Nymphalidae in the order Lepidoptera.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-13. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Common tiger (Danaus genutia). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/common-tiger

MLA

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BibTeX
@misc{common_tiger_2026,
  title = {Common tiger (Danaus genutia)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/common-tiger},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-13}
}