Glassy tiger
The glassy tiger is a butterfly from South and South-east Asia. Its wings are sooty black with pale bluish white streaks and spots that you can almost see through, like frosted glass.
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Fun facts
Its eggs are white and shaped like little pearls. They hatch after about three days.
Its caterpillar is dark wine red with two round bright yellow spots on every segment.
Its pupa is green and decorated with silver, black and gold spots, like a tiny jewel.
Its head and middle part are black with white spots.
Most asked questions about Glassy tiger
?Why is it called the glassy tiger?
Its wings have pale streaks you can almost see through, like glass.
?How big is the glassy tiger?
Its wings are about 7 to 10 centimetres wide.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Parantica aglea
- Group
- Butterflies
- Family
- Nymphalidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Nymphalidae
- Lives on
- Asia
Where the facts come from
- Parantica aglea (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by Ajith U. CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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