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Checklist of Tribe Danaini Boisduval, 1833 (Milkweed Butterflies)
for America (Continents)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
1308
49520
421464
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
1302
49454
421283
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
1167
48637
416604
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
637
37635
344782
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
116
10143
78074
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
109
10075
77971
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
100
10000
77696
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
34
6550
51823
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
30
5816
45270
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Papilionoidea
Latreille, 1802
Butterflies, Skippers, True butterflies
8
1338
13837
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyNymphalidae
Rafinesque, 1815
Admirals, Anglewings, Browns, Brush Footed Butterflies
632
6229
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyDanainae
Boisduval, 1833
Danaids, Glasswings, Milkweed butterflies, Monarchs
78
878
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
TribeDanaini
Boisduval, 1833
Milkweed Butterflies, Tigers and Crows
13
98
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for America
13 Genera with 98 Species
Amauris Hübner, 17983SpeciesTaxom
Anetia Hübner, 1833Neotropical Kings23SpeciesTaxom
Anosia Hübner, 1758Monarch butterflies6SpeciesTaxom
Archaeolycorea Martins, 19892SpeciesTaxom
Calliploea Butler, 19041SpeciesTaxom
Chirosa Moore, 19021SpeciesTaxom
Danaus Kluk, 1923Milkweeds66SpeciesTaxom
Euploea Fabricius, 1793Crows24SpeciesTaxom
Idea Fabricius, 1901Paper butterflies7SpeciesTaxom
Ideopsis Horsfield, 187410SpeciesTaxom
Lycorea Doubleday, 039SpeciesTaxom
Parantica Moore, 1861Glassy Tigers5SpeciesTaxom
Tirumala Moore, 1775Blue Tigers3SpeciesTaxom


Species list for America
98 Species and 106 Subspecies
Amauris (Amauris) niavius Linnaeus, 1758Friar
Amauris hecate Butler, 1866Black Friar
Amauris phaedon Fabricius, 1798
Anetia briarea Godart, 1819Lesser False Fritillary
Anetia briarea briarea Godart, 1819Many-spotted King
Anetia briarea numidia Hübner, 1823Many-spotted King
Anetia briaria
Anetia cubana Salvin, 1869Cuban King
Anetia dimmocki (Aldrich, 1932)⇒ Eucelatoria dimmocki Aldrich, 1932
Anetia insigmis
Anetia insignis (Geyer, 1833)⇒ Andraca apodecta Swinhoe, 1907
Anetia jaegeri Ménétriés, 1832False Fritillary
Anetia jaegeri cubana Salvin, 1869
Anetia numidia (Hübner, 1819)⇒ Anetia briarea Godart, 1819
Anetia numidia briarea Latreille & ..., 1819
Anetia pantherata Martyn, 1779
Anetia pantherata clarescens Hall, 1925
Anetia pantheratus Martyn, 1797False Fritillary
Anetia pantheratus clarescens A. Hall, 1925Great King
Anetia pantheratus pantheratus Martyn, 1797Great King
Anetia parvula (Reinhard, 1934)⇒ Opsomeigenia pusilla Coquillett, 1895
Anetia procincta (Reinhard, 1935)⇒ Eucelatoria procincta Reinhard, 1935
Anetia thirza Geyer, 1833Cloud-forest Monarch
Anetia thirza euryale (J.C.F. Klug, 1836)⇒ Anetia thirza thirza Geyer, , 1833
Anetia thirza insignis Salvin, 1869Cloud-forest King
Anetia thirza thirza Geyer, , 1833Cloud-forest King
Anosia affinis Fabricius, 1775
Anosia candidus Clark, 1941
Anosia eresimus Cramer, 1777
Anosia gilippus Cramer, 1775
Anosia plenippus
Anosia plexippus (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Danaus plexippus Linnaeus, 1758
Archaeolycorea ferreirai R. G. Martin..., 1989
Calliploea pumila melitta Fruhstorfer, 1904
Chirosa era (de Nicéville, 1902)⇒ Euploea boisduvali Lucas, 1852
Danaus (Anosia) chrysippus Linnaeus, 1758African Monarch
Danaus (Anosia) eresimus Cramer, 1777Soldier
Danaus eresimus asclepidea F. Bryk, 1937
Danaus eresimus dilucida W. Forbes, 1939
Danaus eresimus eresimus (Cramer, 1777)⇒ Danaus eresimus montezuma Talbot, 1943
Danaus eresimus erginus Godman & Salvin, 1897
Danaus eresimus estevana Talbot, 1943
Danaus eresimus gilippus (icensis R.W...., 1954)⇒ Danaus eresimus erginus Godman & Salvin, 1897
Danaus eresimus montezuma Talbot, 1943Montezuma’s Soldier
Danaus eresimus plexaure Godart, 1819
Danaus eresimus tethys Forbes, 1944Soldier
Danaus (Anosia) gilippus Cramer, 1775Berenice Butterfly
Danaus gilippus berenice (Cramer, 1775)⇒ Danaus gilippus thersippus H. W. Bates, 1863
Danaus gilippus candidus A. Clark, 1941
Danaus gilippus cleothera Godart, 1819Queen
Danaus gilippus gilippus (Cramer, 1775)⇒ Danaus gilippus candidus A. Clark, 1941
Danaus gilippus grenadinus
Danaus gilippus hermippus (C. Felder & ..., 1865)⇒ Danaus gilippus xanthippus C. Felder & ..., 1860
Danaus gilippus incantatus
Danaus gilippus jamaicensis H. Bates, 1864Queen
Danaus gilippus kaempfferi (A. Hall, 1925)⇒ Danaus gilippus cleothera Godart, 1819
Danaus gilippus manuja J.F.G. Eschs..., 1821
Danaus gilippus nivosus Godman & Salvin, 1897
Danaus gilippus strigosa (H.W. Bates, 1864)⇒ Danaus gilippus thersippus H. W. Bates, 1863
Danaus gilippus strigosus Bates, 1864Striated western queen
Danaus gilippus thersippus H. W. Bates, 1863Queen
Danaus gilippus vincedoxici J. Hübner, 1816
Danaus gilippus vincetoxici J. Hübner, 1816
Danaus gilippus wheeleri Talbot, 1943
Danaus gilippus xanthippus C. Felder & ..., 1860
Danaus (Danaus) plexippus Linnaeus, 1758Black Weined Brown
Danaus plexippus archippus (J.C. Fabricius, 1793)⇒ Danaus plexippus plexippus Linnaeus, 1758
Danaus plexippus asclepiadis (J.C. Fabricius, 1938)⇒ Danaus plexippus plexippus Linnaeus, 1758
Danaus plexippus delatorrei
Danaus plexippus insularis
Danaus plexippus leucogyne A. Butler, 1884Monarch
Danaus plexippus megalippe Hübner, 1826Monarch
Danaus plexippus menippe (Hübner, 1816)⇒ Danaus plexippus plexippus Linnaeus, 1758
Danaus plexippus nigrippus Haensch, 1909
Danaus plexippus nivosus Gunder, 1927
Danaus plexippus plexippus Linnaeus, 1758Migratory Monarch
Danaus plexippus portoricensis Clark, 1941Monarch
Danaus plexippus pulchra (Strecker, 1900)⇒ Danaus plexippus plexippus Linnaeus, 1758
Danaus plexippus tobagi A. Clark, 1941
Danaus (Salatura) genutia Cramer, 1779Common
Danaus genutia alexis Waterhouse &..., 1914Orange Tiger
Danaus genutia tychius Fruhstorfer, 1910
Danaus affinis gelanor Waterhouse &..., 1914
Danaus affinis rubrica Fruhstorfer, 1907
Danaus archippus (Fabricius, 1793)⇒ Danaus plexippus Linnaeus, 1758
Danaus archippus brasiliensis (J.B. Capronnier, 1874)⇒ Danaus erippus Cramer, 1775
Danaus berenice hermippus
Danaus cleophile Godart, 1819Caribbean Queen
Danaus erippus Cramer, 1775Southern Monarch
Danaus erippus larensis (Köhler, 1929)⇒ Danaus erippus Cramer, 1775
Danaus gilipus
Danaus gillippus Bates, 1863
Danaus gillippus thersippus Bates, 1863Queen butterfly
Danaus hamata MacLeay, 1827
Danaus menippe (Hübner, 1816)⇒ Danaus erippus Cramer, 1775
Danaus petilia (Stoll, 1790)⇒ Danaus chrysippus Linnaeus, 1758
Danaus plexaure Godart, 1819
Danaus plexipus erippus
Danaus synippe (J. Hübner, 1821)⇒ Danaus erippus Cramer, 1775
Danaus vulgaris (D.A. Larrañaga, 1923)⇒ Danaus erippus Cramer, 1775
Euploea (Chirosa) era (de Nicéville, 1902)⇒ Euploea boisduvali Lucas, 1852
Euploea spiculifera dromius Grose-Smith, 1895
Euploea spiculifera praxithea (Fruhstorfer, 1904)⇒ Euploea redtenbacheri C. & R. Felder, 1865
Euploea (Trepsichrois) midamus Linnaeus, 1758Blue Spotted Crow
Euploea (Vadebra) climena Stoll, 1782Climena Crow
Euploea algea cissia Fruhstorfer, 1910
Euploea batesii publilia Fruhstorfer, 1910
Euploea boisduvali Lucas, 1852
Euploea camaralzeman Butler, 1866Blue King Crow
Euploea conbuom Saito & Inay..., 2006
Euploea core Cramer, 1780Australian Crow
Euploea dufresne nica Fruhstorfer, 1904
Euploea guerini enna Fruhstorfer, 1910
Euploea hopfferi helia Fruhstorfer, 1904
Euploea leucostictos (Gmelin, 1790)⇒ Euploea westwoodii leochares Fruhstorfer, 1910
Euploea modesta Butler, 1866Plain Blue Crow
Euploea mulciber Cramer, 1777Striped Blue Crow
Euploea nechos prusias Godman & Salvin, 1888
Euploea nemertes (Hübner, 1806)⇒ Euploea leucostictos nemertes Hübner, 1807
Euploea nemertes oppia (Fruhstorfer, 1910)⇒ Euploea leucostictos oppia Fruhstorfer, 1910
Euploea phaenareta Schaller, 1785Giant Crow
Euploea staudingeri (Kheil, 1884)⇒ Euploea midamus Linnaeus, 1758
Euploea sylvester Fabricius, 1793Double-branded Blue Crow
Euploea tulliolus Fabricius, 1793Dwarf Crow
Idea idea Linnaeus, 1763Linnaeus' Idea
Idea idea idea
Idea leuconoe Erichson, 1834Large Tree Nymph
Idea leuconoe athesis Fruhstorfer, 1911
Idea lynceus Drury, 1773Dusky Tree Nymph
Idea lynceus lynceus Drury, 1773Tree Nymph
Idea minuta Schaus, 1901
Ideopsis gaura anapis C.Felder & R..., 1861
Ideopsis hewitsonii Kirsch, 1877Hewitson's Small Tree-nymph
Ideopsis juventa Cramer, 1777Gray
Ideopsis juventa tanais Fruhstorfer, 1904
Ideopsis oberthurii Doherty, 1891
Ideopsis similis Linnaeus, 1758Blue Glassy Tiger
Ideopsis vitrea arachosia Fruhstorfer, 1910
Ideopsis vitrea iza Fruhstorfer, 1899
Ideopsis vitrea oenopia C. & R. Felder, 1859
Ideopsis vulgaris Butler, 1874Blue Glassy Tiger
Lycorea atergatis (Hübner, 1816)⇒ Lycorea cleobaea Godart, 1819
Lycorea brunnea (Riley, 1919)⇒ Lycorea pasinuntia Stoll, 1780
Lycorea ceres (Cramer, 1776)⇒ Lycorea cleobaea Godart, 1819
Lycorea ceres cleobaea Godart, 1820
Lycorea cinnamomea Weymer, 1884
Lycorea cleadaea
Lycorea cledobaea atergatis
Lycorea cleobaea Godart, 1819Large Tiger
Lycorea cleobaea atergatis Doubleday, 1847
Lycorea cleobaea pales Felder, 1862
Lycorea concolor (Staudinger, 1885)⇒ Lycorea pasinuntia Stoll, 1780
Lycorea demeter (Felder & Felder, 1865)⇒ Lycorea cleobaea Godart, 1819
Lycorea eva concolor (Staudinger, 1885)⇒ Lycorea pasinuntia Stoll, 1780
Lycorea halia (Hübner, 1816)⇒ Lycorea cleobaea Godart, 1819
Lycorea halia atergatis Doubleday, 1847Tiger Mimic-Queen
Lycorea halia ceres (P. Cramer, 1776)⇒ Lycorea halia transiens Riley, 1919
Lycorea halia cinnamomea Weymer, 1883
Lycorea halia cleobaea (Godart, 1819)⇒ Lycorea halia pales C. & R. Felder, 1862
Lycorea halia cleobaea-halia (conjuncta J...., 1941)⇒ Lycorea halia discreta Haensch, 1909
Lycorea halia cleobea (bicolor J. P..., 1922)⇒ Lycorea halia pales C. & R. Felder, 1862
Lycorea halia demeter C. & R. Felder, 1865Tiger Mimic-Queen
Lycorea halia discreta Haensch, 1909
Lycorea halia fasciata Haensch, 1909
Lycorea halia halia (Hübner, 1816)⇒ Lycorea halia discreta Haensch, 1909
Lycorea halia pales C. & R. Felder, 1862
Lycorea halia pieteri G. Lamas, 1978
Lycorea halia transiens Riley, 1919
Lycorea ilione Cramer, 1775Clearwing Mimic Queen
Lycorea ilione albescens Distant, 1876Clearwing Mimic-Queen
Lycorea ilione decolorata Haensch, 1909
Lycorea ilione ilione Cramer, 1775
Lycorea ilione lamirus Latreille, 1817
Lycorea ilione lanassa F.D. Godman ..., 1897
Lycorea ilione phenarete (E. Doubleday, 1847)⇒ Lycorea ilione lamirus Latreille, 1817
Lycorea lamirus (Latreille, 1817)⇒ Lycorea ilione Cramer, 1775
Lycorea pasinuntia Stoll, 1780Pasinuntia Mimic Queen
Lycorea pasinuntia concolor Staudinger, 1885
Lycorea pasinuntia pasinuntia
Parantica aglea Stoll, 1782Glassy Blue Tiger
Parantica phyle phyle
Parantica sita Kollar, 1844Chestnut Tiger
Parantica taprobana C. & R. Felder, 1865Ceylon Tiger
Parantica vitrina C. & R. Felder, 1861
Tirumala hamata hamata MacLeay, 1826Blue Tiger
Tirumala hamata orientalis Semper, 1879
Tirumala limniace Cramer, 1775Blue Tiger

Subnodes of Danaini with occurrences in America
SubtribeAmaurina
Le Cerf, 1921
3
15
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubtribeDanaina
Boisduval, 1833
3
27
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubtribeEuploeina
Moore, 1880
4
28
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubtribeItunina
Reuter, 1896
3
28
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


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