Blue Tiger
Tirumala hamata hamata
Also called Attractive Danais Butterfly, Blue Wanderer
Tirumala hamata hamata is a subspecies of the Blue Tiger (Tirumala hamata), a butterfly found in Australia, in the family Nymphalidae, the brush-footed butterflies. Its caterpillars are known to feed on 4 plants, including Secamone elliptica, Cynanchum leptolepis and Heterostemma acuminatum. There are no photos of it on the site yet. Bob Miller wrote about it in his book, Bob's Butterflies.
No photos yet
There are no photos of this butterfly on the site yet. If you have some, please add them.
In Bob's book
Bob wrote about this butterfly in his book:
- Blue Tiger page 31
- An example of intergeneric pairing in the Danainae (2009) page 100
Caterpillar food plants
4 known food plants for this species.