Tirumala formosa

Tirumala formosa
T. f. mercedonia from Uganda
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Tirumala
Species:
T. formosa
Binomial name
Tirumala formosa
(Godman, 1880)
Synonyms
  • Danais formosa Godman, 1880
  • Melinda mercedonia Karsch, 1894
  • Elsa morgeni Honrath, 1892
  • Danaus formosa f. yala Stoneham, 1958

Tirumala formosa, the forest monarch or beautiful tiger, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae.

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