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Danaus
Genus recognized by
Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1
Reference taxon from Catalogue of Life in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Danaus
Genus recognized by
United Kingdom Species List
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Danaus
Species recognized by
Protists in Singapore
Danaus
Recognized by
Flickr BHL
,
iNaturalist
,
NMNH Entomology
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Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology DwCA
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Flickr Group
Danaus Kluk 1780
Genus recognized by
GBIF classification
Danaus Kluk 1802
Genus recognized by
TreatmentBank
Danaus Plexippus
Recognized by
PlanetScott
Papilio subgen. Danaus Linnaeus 1758
Subgenus recognized by
TreatmentBank
Alternative Names
Papilio chrysippus
Linnaeus 1758
Homotypic synonym according to
GBIF classification
Papilio plexippus
Linnaeus 1758
Homotypic synonym according to
GBIF classification
Tirumala hamata
(Mac Leay 1826)
Homotypic synonym according to
GBIF classification
(Originally found in sources as accepted taxon within Tirumala Moore, 1880)
Danaus
Harvest ancestor according to
GBIF classification
,
Global Biotic Interactions
,
Global Biotic Interactions
,
NMNH type specimens
,
Flickr Group
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Flickr Group
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Flickr Group
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TreatmentBank
Common Names
English
Monarch Butterfly
preferred
Recognized by
PlanetScott
Arabic
فراشة الملكات
preferred
Recognized by
Wikidata
Azerbaijani
Danaidlər
preferred
Recognized by
Wikidata
Chinese
斑蝶屬
preferred
Recognized by
Wikidata
Hungarian
királylepke
preferred
Recognized by
Wikidata
Persian
پروانههای ببری
preferred
Recognized by
Wikidata
Russian
Данаиды
preferred
Recognized by
Wikidata
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Curated hierarchies for Danaus
Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1
Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Arthropoda
Pancrustacea
Hexapoda
Insecta
Pterygota
Neoptera
Endopterygota
Amphiesmenoptera
Lepidoptera
Glossata
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Myoglossata
Neolepidoptera
Heteroneura
Eulepidoptera
Ditrysia
Apoditrysia
Obtectomera
Papilionoidea
Nymphalidae
Danaus
(this page)
Danaus (Anosia) chrysippus Linnaeus 1758
Danaus (Anosia) cleophile Godart 1819
Danaus (Anosia) eresimus Cramer 1777
Danaus (Anosia) erippus Cramer 1775
Danaus (Anosia) genutia Cramer 1779
Danaus (Anosia) gilippus Cramer 1775
Danaus (Anosia) ismare Cramer 1782
Danaus (Anosia) kotoshoensis Matsumura 1929
Danaus (Anosia) melanippus Cramer 1777
Danaus (Anosia) plexaure Godart 1819
Danaus (Anosia) plexippus Linnaeus 1758
Danaus (Anosia) ravida Fruhstorfer 1896
Danaus affinis Fabricius 1775
Danaus bibussa Fruhstorfer
Danaus birungensis Fruhstorfer
Danaus chaoaspina Staudinger
Danaus diapientis Strand
Danaus hamata MacLeay 1827
Danaus infumatus Aurivillius
Danaus malayensis Fruhstorfer
Danaus mangiolina Staudinger
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