New Jersey Tigers
Okay, New Jersey doesn't have wild tigers running around. But a surprising number of other animals are at least partly named after the tiger. First, our Monarch butterflies are in the subtribe Danaini, which are colloquially known as tiger butterflies . There are other similar looking tiger butterflies, and they're mostly orange and sometimes with black lines. I'm suspicious that this coloring is how they acquired the tiger moniker. One relative in India is actually using the common name of Tiger Butterfly . August 15, 2020 at Negri Nepote Native Grassland Preserve As I've mentioned before , there are also "tiger swallowtail" butterflies. They aren't in the same family as the "tiger" butterflies, but are a group (glaucus) inside one of the swallowtail genera ( Papileo ). I'm assuming that the black stripes on yellow (a color that's a little like orange) inspired this name. August 15, 2020 at Negri Nepote Native Grassland Preserve Next,...