Photo © by Mario
Maier. Danaus chrysippus, September 1992, Ammoudia / Greece
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Family: Danaidae |  |
Description:
Unlike the Monarch, the
Plain Tiger is an original European butterfly. Many migrants travel from African countries
to Southern Europe. Perhaps one became a resident in Greece, where I observed him for
three successive years and where I experimented with breeding on endemic larval host
plants. These experiments were successful.
Flight period:
Several broods during the warm months.
Larval host plants:
Asclepia daceae.
Red List Germany: n.a.
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