considerably less successful in mating; mating appears to occur preferentially between butterflies of the same subspecies, so coloration is likely also an important signal in the mating process. Female plain tigers have been recorded as mating up to four times. See also List of butterflies of India List of butterflies of India (Nymphalidae) List of butterflies of India (Danainae) References Gil-T., Felipe (2006): A new hostplant for Danaus plexippus L. in Europe. A study of cryptic preimaginal polymorphism within Danaus chrysippus L. in southern Spain (Andalusia) (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Danainae). ISSN 0171-0079 | Atalanta 37 (1/2): 143–149, 279. Full article: . HOSTS (2007): A Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants. Retrieved 2007-AUG-01. Larsen, Torben (1994): Butterflies of Egypt. Saudi Aramco World, issue 5 (September/October): 24–27. External links AdaMerOs - Butterflies Watching & Photography Society in Turkey Sri Lanka Wild Information Database Danaus (butterfly) Butterflies of Africa Butterflies of Asia Butterflies of Europe Butterflies of Indochina Butterflies of Java Butterflies of Singapore Insects of Cape Verde Insects of Egypt Insects of Pakistan Art of ancient Egypt Butterflies described in 1758 Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus