Danaus

Danaus gilippus

Danaus chrysippus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera Ordo: Lepidoptera Subordo: Glossata Cladus: Coelolepida Cladus: Myoglossata Cladus: Neolepidoptera Infraordo: Heteroneura Cladus: Eulepidoptera Cladus: Ditrysia Cladus: Apoditrysia Cladus: Obtectomera Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Nymphalidae
Subfamilia: Danainae
Tribus: Danaini
Subtribus: Danaina
Genus: Danaus
Species (13):
D. affinis – D. chrysippus – D. cleophile – D. eresimus – D. erippus – D. genutia – D. gilippus – D. hamatus – D. ismare – D. melanippus – D. petilia – D. plexippus

Name

Danaus Kluk, 1780

Type species: Papilio plexippus Linnaeus, 1758

Synonyms

• Danaida Latreille, 1804
• Limnas Hübner, 1806
• Danais Latreille, 1807
• Danaus Latreille, 1809, preocc. Kluk, 1780
• Anosia Hübner, 1816
• Festivus Crotch, 1872
• Salatura Frederic Moore|Moore, 1880
• Nasuma Moore, 1883
• Tasitia Moore, 1883
• Danaomorpha Kremky, 1925
• Panlymnas Bryk, 1937
• Diogas d'Almeida, 1938

References

• Bálint, Zs., C.S. Guppy, N.G. Kondla; K. Johnson & Ch.J. Durden, 2001. Plebeius Kluk, 1780 or Plebejus Kluk, 1802? (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Folia Entomologica Hungarica 62: 177-184. Reference page. 
• Hanafusa, H. 1990: A list of butterflies from Tuangku Is., Kep.Banyak, Indonesia (1). Futao 6: 1–7.Reference page. 
• Hanafusa, H. 1993. A list of butterflies from Mentawai Islands, Indonesia (1). Futao 11: 1–13. Reference page. 
• Hemming, A.F., 1967. The generic names of the butterflies and their type species (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) 1967, Suppl. 9: 1–509. BHL Reference page. 
• Kluk, K. 1780. Zwierzat historyi naturalney Poczatki i gospodarstwo, 4. – Warsaw, Xiezy Piiarów, [01] + 502 pp + 4 double plates. Reference page. 
• Tennent, W.J., 2003. Danaus affinis (Fabricius), (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Danainae) in New Caledonia and the New Hebrides and Solomons archipelagos, with description of a new subspecies from the Torres island group (Vanuatu). Butterflies (Teinopalpus) 37: 4–7. Reference page. 
• Braby, M.F., Farias-Quilpidor, G.E., Vane-Wright, R.I. & Lohman, D.J. 2015. Morphological and molecular evidence supports recognition of Danaus petilia (Stoll, 1790) (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) as a species distinct from D. chrysippus (Linnaeus, 1758). Systematics and Biodiversity 13(4): 386–402. DOI: 10.1080/14772000.2014.992378 Reference page. 

Links

• ION
• Nomenclator Zoologicus
• Markku Savela taxonomy site[1]

Vernacular names

中文: 斑蝶屬

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