Danaus
Monarchs and Queens
Andrew V. Z. Brower![taxon links](/Public/treeImages/Danaus.png?x=-1463580209)
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The cladogram is based on morphological characters as published by Ackery and Vane-Wright (1984). There is some suggestion of polyphyly in D. chrysippus implied by molecular data - see Lushai et al. (2005a, b).
Other Names for Danaus
- Danaida
- Limnas
- Danais
- Danaus
- Anosia
- Festivus
- Salatura
- Nasuma
- Tasitia
- Salaturia
- Danaomorpha
- Panlymnas
- Diogas
- Vernacular Names: Monarchs and Queens
References
Ackery PR, and Vane-Wright RI. 1984. Milkweed butterflies. British Museum (Natural History), London.
Brower, L. P., Oberhauser, K., Boppre, M., Brower, A. V. Z. & Vane-Wright, R. I. 2007. Monarch sex: ancient rites, or recent wrongs? Antenna 31:12-18.
Lushai G, Allen JA, Goulson D, MacLean N, and Smith DAS. 2005. The butterfly Danaus chrysippus (L.) in East Africa comprises polyphyletic, sympatric lineages that are, despite behavioral isolation, driven to hybridization by female-biased sex ratios. Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 86: 117-131.
Lushai G, Zalucki MP, Smith DAS, Goulson D, and Daniels G. 2005. The lesser wanderer butterfly, Danaus petilia (Stoll 1790) stat. rev. (Lepidoptera: Danainae), reinstated as a species. Australian Journal of Entomology 44: 6-14.
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Scientific Name | Danaus chrysippus |
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Location | Taiwan |
Specimen Condition | Live Specimen |
Sex | Female |
Source | IMG_3728_ajs1 |
Source Collection | Flickr |
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Copyright | © 2005 leemt2 |
Scientific Name | Danaus plexippus |
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Specimen Condition | Live Specimen |
Sex | Female |
Source | 2006 09:27 monarch 05 |
Source Collection | Flickr |
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Copyright | © 2006 Gale |
Scientific Name | Danaus gilippus |
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Location | Gruene, Texas, USA |
Specimen Condition | Live Specimen |
Source | flickr |
Source Collection | Flickr |
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Copyright | © 2006 Karen Stannard |
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- First online 04 October 2006
- Content changed 21 April 2009
Citing this page:
Brower, Andrew V. Z. 2009. Danaus http://tolweb.org/Danaus/70714/2009.04.21 in The Tree of Life Web Project, http://tolweb.org/
. Monarchs and Queens. Version 21 April 2009 (under construction).