Species name	Tirumala formosa (Godman, 1880) アカチャウスグロマダラ Beautiful tiger; large tiger
Taxonomy	Danais formosa Godman, 1880 in Godman and Distant, 1880.  Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1880: 183 (182-185). Type locality: Tanzania: “Gnuru Hills, East Africa”.
Subspecies	Tirumala formosa formosa (Godman, 1880) Tirumala formosa mercedonia (Karsch, 1894):Democratic Republic of Congo (Ituri, north Kivu), Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Kenya (west of the Rift Valley), Tanzania (north-west). Tirumala formosa morgeni (Honrath, 1892):Nigeria (east), Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon. Tirumala formosa neumanni (Rothschild, 1902):Sudan (south), Ethiopia, Somalia.
Distribution	Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia.
Distribution Map
Biology	Host plants: Cryptolepis spp. (Asclepiadaceae) [Van Someren, 1974: 324]. Secamone platystigma (= africana (Oliv.( Bull.) (Asclepiadaceae) [Van Someren, 1974: 323]. Secamone micranda (Asclepiadaceae) [Van Someren, 1974: 323]. Secamone punctulata Decnesni (Asclepiadaceae) [Van Someren, 1974: 323; Congdon and Collins, 1998: 35; Tanzania; oviposition only; as Secamone punctata]. Secamone zambesiaca (= parvifolia (Oliv.) Bull.) (Asclepiadaceae) [Van Someren, 1974: 324]. Periploca linearifolia (Periplocaceae) [Van Someren, 1974: 323]. .
Nigeria
References	Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 25 as egialea Amauris, Site of Markku Savela Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Subtribe Danaina