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''Tirumala hamata'', the Blue Tiger, Dark Blue Tiger or Blue Wanderer, is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in south-east Asia and Australia. In Australia, the butterflies perform mass migrations to the south in some years The wingspan is about 70 mm. Adults have black wings with blue spots. Adults have been observed scratching the leaves of ''Heliotropium amplexicaule'' and ''Parsonia straminea'', possibly to suck out moisture.〔(Australian Insects )〕 The larvae feed on a wide range of plants including ''Parsonsia'' (including ''Parsonsia straminea'' and ''Parsonsia velutina''), ''Heterostemma papuana'', ''Heterostemma acuminatum'', ''Hoya australis'', ''Leichardtia'', ''Marsdenia'' (including ''Marsdenia velutina''), ''Secanome carnosum'', ''Secamone elliptica'', ''Tylophora'', ''Cryptostegia grandiflora'', ''Cynanchum carnosum'' and ''Cynanchum leptolepis''. They are grey with black bands between segments and orange lateral lines and a black head with white markings. ==Subspecies== *''Tirumala hamata hamata'' (Australia: Cape York to Sydney) *''Tirumala hamata arikata'' (Fruhstorfer, 1910) (Sula Islands) *''Tirumala hamata coarctata'' (Joicey & Talbot, 1922) (Biak) *''Tirumala hamata goana'' (Martin, 1910) (southern Sulawesi) *''Tirumala hamata insignis'' (Talbot, 1943) (Solomons) *''Tirumala hamata leucoptera'' (Butler, 1874) (Waigeu, Gebe, Neomfoor, West Irian) *''Tirumala hamata melittula'' (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869) (Samoa) *''Tirumala hamata neptunia'' (C. & R. Felder, ()) (Fiji) *''Tirumala hamata nigra'' (Martin, 1910) (Buru, Ambon, Serang, Saparua) *''Tirumala hamata obscurata'' (Butler, 1874) (New Britain, New Ireland, Duke of York Group, Bougainville to Guadalcanal) *''Tirumala hamata pallidula'' (Talbot, 1943) (West Irian) *''Tirumala hamata paryadres'' (Fruhstorfer, 1910) (Timor to Tanimbar, Aru and the Kai Islands) *''Tirumala hamata subnubila'' (Talbot, 1943) (Papua, Yule Island) *''Tirumala hamata talautensis'' (Talbot, 1943) (Talaud) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tirumala hamata」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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