Species list, Checklist of Family Danaidae (Milkweed Butterflies) for Sumba (Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia)

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Checklist for Family Danaidae Boisduval, 1833 (Milkweed Butterflies)
and region Sumba (Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia)

Class	Insecta Linnaeus, 1758 Insects, True insects	69 219 345	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Pterygota Lang, 1888 Winged insects	69 219 345	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraclass	Neoptera van der Wulp, 1890 Modern Wing-folding insects	59 199 324	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Holometabola Heider, 1889 Holometabolous Insects	42 134 189	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Lepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758 Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths	15 44 65	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Glossata Fabricius, 1775 Modern butterflies and moths	15 44 65	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Heteroneura Tillyard, 1918	15 44 65	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Section	Cossina Herrich-Schäffer, 1856	11 37 58	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subsection	Bombyces Scopoli, 1763	10 36 57	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Papilionoidea Latreille, 1802 Butterflies, Skippers, True butterflies	5 26 45	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Family	Danaidae Boisduval, 1833 Milkweed Butterflies	2 3	Genera Species	Taxom

Genera for Sumba
2 Genera with 3 Species

Salpinx Hubner, 1891		2	Species	Taxom
Stictoploea Butler, 1891		1	Species	Taxom

Species list for Sumba
3 Species

Salpinx (Calliploea) sumbana (Doherty, 1891)	⇒ Euploea tulliolus sumbana Doherty, 1891
Salpinx meizon (Doherty, 1891)	⇒ Euploea eunice meizon Doherty, 1891
Stictoploea melolo (Doherty, 1891)	⇒ Euploea sylvester Fabricius, 1793

Links, sources and further information

Danaidae at irmng.org