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Danaus Kluk 1802

Monarch butterfly and relatives

Andrew V. Z. Brower
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taxon links [up-->]Danaus plexippus [up-->]Danaus chrysippus [up-->]Danaus gilippus [up-->]Danaus genutia [up-->]Danaus eresimus [up-->]Danaus melanippus Monophyly UncertainPhylogenetic position of group is uncertain[down<--]Danaini Interpreting the tree
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Containing group: Danaini

Discussion of Phylogenetic Relationships

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).

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
Location Taiwan
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Sex Female
Source IMG_3728_ajs1
Source Collection Flickr
ToL Image Use creative commons This image is licensed under the Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 Creative Commons License.
Copyright © 2005 leemt2
Scientific Name Danaus plexippus
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
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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Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, Tennessee, USA

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Citing this page:

Brower, Andrew V. Z. 2007. Danaus Kluk 1802. Monarch butterfly and relatives. Version 24 September 2007 (under construction). http://tolweb.org/Danaus/70714/2007.09.24 in The Tree of Life Web Project, http://tolweb.org/

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