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Checklist for Subfamily Danainae Boisduval, 1833 (Danaids)
and region India (South Asia)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
703
14141
56254
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
699
14132
56242
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
662
13883
55452
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
420
10836
46964
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
86
4154
15751
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
85
4150
15742
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
82
4137
15700
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
31
2691
10546
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
26
2470
9783
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Papilionoidea
Latreille, 1802
Butterflies, Skippers, True butterflies
7
588
2817
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyNymphalidae
Rafinesque, 1815
Admirals, Anglewings, Browns, Brush Footed Butterflies
262
1208
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyDanainae
Boisduval, 1833
Danaids, Glasswings, Milkweed butterflies, Monarchs
22
118
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for India
22 Genera with 118 Species
#ACDEHILMNOPT
Amauris Hübner, 17981SpeciesTaxom
Anosia Hübner, 1779Monarch butterflies1SpeciesTaxom
Calliploea Butler, 19041SpeciesTaxom
Callithomia Bates, 18601SpeciesTaxom
Danaus Kluk, 0Milkweeds23SpeciesTaxom
Episcada Godman & Salvin, 18161SpeciesTaxom
Euploea Fabricius, 1866Crows91SpeciesTaxom
Hypothyris Hübner, 18674SpeciesTaxom
Idea Fabricius, 1883Paper butterflies11SpeciesTaxom
Ideopsis Horsfield, 05SpeciesTaxom
Ithomia Hübner, 18553SpeciesTaxom
Lycorea Doubleday, 18471SpeciesTaxom
Melinaea Hübner, 18651SpeciesTaxom
Napeogenes Bates, 18691SpeciesTaxom
Oleria Hübner, 18543SpeciesTaxom
Pachacutia Lamas & Will..., 18761SpeciesTaxom
Pademma Moore, 18839SpeciesTaxom
Parantica Moore, 1865Glassy Tigers17SpeciesTaxom
Pteronymia Butler & Druce, 19051SpeciesTaxom
Tellervo Kirby, 1874Cracker2SpeciesTaxom
Tirumala Moore, 1874Blue Tigers7SpeciesTaxom
Tronga Moore, 18901SpeciesTaxom


Species list for India
118 Species and 92 Subspecies
Amauris phaedon Fabricius, 1798
Anosia genutia Cramer, 1779
Calliploea pumila melitta Fruhstorfer, 1904
Callithomia lenea xantho C. & R. Felder, 1860
Danaus (Anosia) chrysippus Linnaeus, 1758African Monarch
Danaus chrysippus aegyptius (Schreber, 1759)⇒ Danaus chrysippus Linnaeus, 1758
Danaus chrysippus chrysippus (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Danaus chrysippus Linnaeus, 1758
Danaus chrysippus dorippus (Klug, 1845)⇒ Danaus dorippus Klug, 1845
Danaus (Danaus) plexippus Linnaeus, 1758Black Weined Brown
Danaus plexippus misippiformis (F.C. Meuschen, 1781)⇒ Danaus plexippus plexippus Linnaeus, 1758
Danaus plexippus plexippus Linnaeus, 1758Migratory Monarch
Danaus (Salatura) genutia Cramer, 1779Common
Danaus genutia genutia Cramer, , 1779Common Tiger
Danaus genutia intensa Moore, 1883
Danaus affinis Fabricius, 1775Black & White Tiger
Danaus dorippus Klug, 1845Dorippus Tiger
Danaus dorippus dorippus Linnaeus, 1758
Danaus hamata MacLeay, 1827
Danaus melaneus Jumalon, 1971
Danaus melanippus Cramer, 1777Black Veined Tiger
Danaus melanippus hegesippus Cramer, 1777Black Veined Tiger
Danaus melanippus indicus Fruhstorfer, 1899
Danaus melanippus nesippus Felder, 1862
Danaus nicobarica
Danaus nilgiriensis Moore, 1877
Danaus septentrionides (Stoneham, 1958)⇒ Tellervo petiverana Doubleday, 1847
Danaus sita
Episcada obscuratus sao Hübner, 1816
Euploea (Crastia) alcathoe Godart, 1819Alcathoe Crow
Euploea spiculifera pydna Fruhstorfer, 1904
Euploea treitschkei suffusa Tytler, 1939
Euploea (Trepsichrois) midamus Linnaeus, 1758Blue Spotted Crow
Euploea midamus chloe Guérin, 1843Blue-Spotted Crow
Euploea midamus roepstorffi Moore, 1883
Euploea midamus rogenhoferi Felder & Felder, 1865Blue-spotted crow
Euploea (Tronga) crameri Lucas, 1853Spotted Black Crow
Euploea crameri crameri Lucas, 1853
Euploea crameri frauenfeldi C. Felder, 1862
Euploea crameri frauenfeldii Felder, 1862
Euploea crameri nicevillei Moore, 1890Sunderbans Crow
Euploea (Vadebra) climena Stoll, 1782Climena Crow
Euploea climena simulatrix Wood-Mason &..., 1881
Euploea algea Godart, 1819Algea Crow
Euploea algea algea Godart, 1819
Euploea algea deione Westwood, 1848Long-branded Blue Crow
Euploea algea diana Butler, 1866
Euploea algea magnifica
Euploea andamanensis (Atkinson, 1874)⇒ Euploea core andamanensis Atkinson, 1874
Euploea binotata (Butler, 1878)⇒ Euploea sylvester Fabricius, 1793
Euploea camaralzeman Butler, 1866Blue King Crow
Euploea camorta (Moore, 1877)⇒ Euploea climena Stoll, 1782
Euploea core Cramer, 1780Australian Crow
Euploea core andamanensis Atkinson, 1874
Euploea core core Cramer, 1780Common Indian crow
Euploea core godarti Lucas, 1853Violet-Tipped Crow
Euploea core scherzeri C. Felder, 1862
Euploea core simulatrix
Euploea core vermiculata Butler, 1866
Euploea corus (Fabricius, 1793)⇒ Euploea phaenarete corus Fabricius, 1793
Euploea deione (Westwood, 1848)⇒ Euploea algea deione Westwood, 1848
Euploea deione deione
Euploea deione wallengernii Felder & Felder, 1865
Euploea diana (Butler, 1866)⇒ Euploea algea diana Butler, 1866
Euploea diocletiana (Fabricius, 1793)⇒ Euploea swainson Godart, 1824
Euploea diocletianus (Fabricius, 1793)⇒ Euploea swainson Godart, 1824
Euploea diocletianus ramsayi Moore, 1890Magpie crow
Euploea doubledayi C. & R. Felder, 1865Greater Striped Black Crow
Euploea doubledayi doubledayi Felder & Felder, 1865
Euploea erichsonii (Felder & Felder, 1865)⇒ Euploea klugii erichsonii C. Felder & ..., 1865
Euploea esperi (Felder, 1862)⇒ Euploea crameri Lucas, 1853
Euploea eunice Godart, 1819Blue-banded King Crow
Euploea eunice vestigiata Butler, 1866
Euploea eyndhovii C. & R. Felder, 1865Lesser Striped Black Crow
Euploea ferrari (Tytler, 1939)⇒ Euploea core Cramer, 1780
Euploea godartii (Lucas, 1853)⇒ Euploea core godarti Lucas, 1853
Euploea hopei (Felder & Felder, 1865)⇒ Euploea sylvester Fabricius, 1793
Euploea inquinata (Butler, 1866)⇒ Euptychia picea Butler, 1867
Euploea klugii Moore, 1858Blue Crow
Euploea klugii crassa Butler, 1866
Euploea klugii erichsonii C. Felder & ..., 1865Brown King Crow
Euploea klugii klugii Moore, 1858Blue king crow
Euploea klugii kollari C. & R. Felder, 1865Brown king crow
Euploea kollari (Felder & Felder, 1865)⇒ Euploea klugii kollari C. & R. Felder, 1865
Euploea leucostictos (Gmelin, 1790)⇒ Euploea westwoodii leochares Fruhstorfer, 1910
Euploea leucostictos nemertes Hübner, 1807
Euploea leucostictos vestigiata (Butler, 1866)⇒ Euploea eunice vestigiata Butler, 1866
Euploea mazares (Doubleday, 1847)⇒ Euploea tulliolus mazares Moore, 1857
Euploea modesta Butler, 1866Plain Blue Crow
Euploea modesta modesta Morishita, 1970Plain Blue Crow
Euploea mulciber Cramer, 1777Striped Blue Crow
Euploea mulciber duarseri (de Rhé-Phil..., 1910)⇒ Euploea mulciber Cramer, 1777
Euploea mulciber kalinga Doherty, 1886
Euploea mulciber mulciber Cramer, 1777Striped Blue Crow
Euploea nemertes (Hübner, 1806)⇒ Euploea leucostictos nemertes Hübner, 1807
Euploea nemertes oppia (Fruhstorfer, 1910)⇒ Euploea leucostictos oppia Fruhstorfer, 1910
Euploea novarae (Felder, 1862)⇒ Euploea eunice novarae C. Felder, 1862
Euploea phaenareta Schaller, 1785Giant Crow
Euploea phaenareta drucei (Morishita, 1970)⇒ Euploea phaenarete drucei Moore, 1883
Euploea phaenarete corus Fabricius, 1793
Euploea poeyi (Felder & Felder, 1865)⇒ Euploea algea Godart, 1819
Euploea radamanthus Fabricius, 1793Magpie Crow
Euploea radamanthus radamanthus Fabricius, 1793Magpie Crow
Euploea rhadamanthus Fabricius, 1807
Euploea rogenhoferi (Felder & Felder, 1865)⇒ Euploea midamus rogenhoferi Felder & Felder, 1865
Euploea scherzeri (C.Felder, 1862)⇒ Euploea core scherzeri C. Felder, 1862
Euploea scherzeri camorta
Euploea scherzeri scherzeri
Euploea scherzeri simulatrix
Euploea swainson Godart, 1824Swainson's Crow
Euploea sylvester Fabricius, 1793Double-branded Blue Crow
Euploea sylvester coreta Godart, 1819Double-branded Black Crow
Euploea sylvester harrisii C. & R. Felder, 1865Double-branded Blue Crow
Euploea thoosa (Hübner, 1820)⇒ Euploea radamanthus Fabricius, 1793
Euploea tulliolus Fabricius, 1793Dwarf Crow
Euploea tulliolus mazares Moore, 1857
Euploea vermiculata (Butler, 1866)⇒ Euploea core vermiculata Butler, 1866
Euploea viola (Butler, 1866)⇒ Euploea westwoodii viola Butler, 1866
Euploea westwoodii leochares Fruhstorfer, 1910
Euploea westwoodii viola Butler, 1866
Hypothyris euclea laphria Doubleday, 1847
Hypothyris euclea leucania (Bates, 1863)⇒ Hypothyris euclea valora Haensch, 1909
Hypothyris ninonia antonina Staudinger, 1884
Hypothyris ninonia mutilla Hewitson, 1867
Idea agamarschana Felder & Felder, 1865Andaman Tree Nymph
Idea hypermnestra Westwood, 1848Malayan Tree Nymph
Idea iasonia Westwood, 1848Ceylon Tree Nymph
Idea idea idea
Idea jasonia (Westwood, 1848)⇒ Idea iasonia Westwood, 1848
Idea leuconoe Erichson, 1834Large Tree Nymph
Idea lynceus Drury, 1773Dusky Tree Nymph
Idea lynceus lynceus Drury, 1773Tree Nymph
Idea malabarica Moore, 1877Malabar Tree Nymph
Idea malabarica malabarica Moore, 1877
Idea stolli Moore, 1883Common Tree Nymph
Ideopsis juventa Cramer, 1777Gray
Ideopsis similis Linnaeus, 1758Blue Glassy Tiger
Ideopsis vitrea oenopia C. & R. Felder, 1859
Ideopsis vulgaris Butler, 1874Blue Glassy Tiger
Ideopsis vulgaris vulgaris
Ithomia agnosia agnosia Hewitson, 1855
Ithomia cotytto Godman & Salvin, 1879
Ithomia iphianassa cleora Hewitson, 1855
Lycorea halia atergatis Doubleday, 1847Tiger Mimic-Queen
Melinaea mnasias thera C. Felder & ..., 1865
Napeogenes achaea achaea Hewitson, 1869
Oleria aegle aegle Fabricius, 1776
Oleria agarista agarista C. Felder & ..., 1862
Oleria onega ilerda Hewitson, 1854
Pachacutia mantura mantura Hewitson, 1876
Pademma augusta (Moore, 1883)⇒ Euploea klugii Moore, 1858
Pademma dharma (Moore, 1883)⇒ Euploea klugii Moore, 1858
Pademma hamiltoni Swinhoe, 1893
Pademma imperialis (Moore, 1883)⇒ Euploea klugii Moore, 1858
Pademma indigofera (Moore, 1883)⇒ Euploea klugii Moore, 1858
Pademma klugi hamiltoni (Swinhoe, 1893)⇒ Euploea klugii Moore, 1858
Pademma macclellandi (Moore, 1883)⇒ Euploea klugii Moore, 1858
Pademma sherwillii (Moore, 1890)⇒ Euploea klugii Moore, 1858
Pademma uniformis (Moore, 1883)⇒ Euploea klugii Moore, 1858
Parantica aglea Stoll, 1782Glassy Blue Tiger
Parantica aglea aglea Stoll, 1782
Parantica aglea grammica Boisduval, 1858
Parantica aglea melanoleuca Moore, 1877
Parantica agleoides C. & R. Felder, 1860Dark Glassy Tiger
Parantica agleoides agleoides Felder & Felder, 1860Dark Glassy Tiger
Parantica albata albata
Parantica aspasia Fabricius, 1787Yellow Glassy Tiger
Parantica melaneus Cramer, 1775Chocolate Tiger
Parantica melaneus neopatra
Parantica melaneus planiston
Parantica nilgiriensis Moore, 1877Nilgiri Tiger
Parantica pedonga Fujioka, 1970Hill Chestnut Tiger
Parantica sita Kollar, 1844Chestnut Tiger
Parantica sita sita Kollar, 1844Chestnut Tiger
Parantica swinhoei szechuana Fruhstorfer, 1899Swinhoe’s Tiger
Parantica taprobana C. & R. Felder, 1865Ceylon Tiger
Pteronymia primula auricula Haensch, 1905
Tellervo petiverana Doubleday, 1847
Tellervo septentrionis Butler, 1874
Tirumala gautama Moore, 1877Scarce Blue Tiger
Tirumala hamata MacLeay, 1826Blue Tiger
Tirumala limniace Cramer, 1775Blue Tiger
Tirumala limniace leopardus Butler, 1866Blue glassy tiger
Tirumala limniace limniace Cramer, 1775Broad Blue Tiger
Tirumala septentrionis Butler, 1874Dark Blue Tiger
Tirumala septentronis Butler, 1874
Tronga nicevillei (Moore, 1890)⇒ Euploea crameri nicevillei Moore, 1890

Subnodes of Danainae with occurrences in India
TribeDanaini
Boisduval, 1833
Milkweed Butterflies, Tigers and Crows
12
102
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeIthomiini
Godman & Salvin, 1879
Clearwing Butterflies, Clearwings
9
14
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeTellervini
Fruhstorfer, 1910
1
2
Genus
Species

Taxom



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