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TAXSYNDISISLFRMPIC
Danais Latreille, 1807
is a synonym of Genus Danaus Kluk, 1780
This may be an outdated term
The Taxom listed here as synonyme is shown below

Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
4179
190570
2444470
Families
Genera
Species

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
3816
189502
2439455
Families
Genera
Species

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
3399
186457
2415487
Families
Genera
Species

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
1891
142849
2048615
Families
Genera
Species

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
322
33641
568299
Families
Genera
Species

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
208
32654
567261
Families
Genera
Species

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
197
32461
565431
Families
Genera
Species
DivisionDitrysia
Borner, 1925
Butterflies, Moths, Skippers
186
32290
560864
Families
Genera
Species

Section
 
Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
74
20388
404639
Families
Genera
Species

Subsection
 
Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
66
18154
371101
Families
Genera
Species

Superfamily
 
Papilionoidea
Latreille, 1802
Butterflies, Skippers, True butterflies
13
3266
144998
Families
Genera
Species
FamilyNymphalidae
Rafinesque, 1815
Admirals, Anglewings, Browns, Brush Footed Butterflies
1533
72196
Genera
Species
GenusDanais
Latreille, 1807
227Species
Subnodes of Danais Latreille, 1807
SubgenusDanais (Euploea)
Crows
1Species
SpeciesDanais adustata Fruhstorfer, 1907
SpeciesDanais adustus Godman & Salvin, 1882
SpeciesDanais aglaia Doherty, 1886  ⇒ Parantica aglea
SpeciesDanais aglaioides Doherty, 1891  ⇒ Parantica agleoides
SpeciesDanais aglea
2Subspecies
SpeciesDanais agleoides Felder & Felder, 1860  ⇒ Parantica agleoides
SpeciesDanais albata Fruhstorfer, 1896
1Subspecies
SpeciesDanais albinus Lanz, 1896
SpeciesDanais albistola Lucas, 1889
SpeciesDanais alcathoe Godart, 1819  ⇒ Euploea (Crastia) alcathoe
SpeciesDanais alcidice Godart, 1819
SpeciesDanais algea Godart, 1819  ⇒ Euploea algea
SpeciesDanais alopia Godart, 1819
SpeciesDanais amymone Godart, 1819  ⇒ Euploea core amymone
SpeciesDanais anapis C.Felder & R.Felder, 1861
SpeciesDanais archippus
1Subspecies
SpeciesDanais auriflava van Eecke, 1914
SpeciesDanais australis Blanchard, 1848
SpeciesDanais axantha Hayward, 1922
SpeciesDanais baliensis Kalis, 1933
SpeciesDanais bandjira Martin, 1911  ⇒ Danaus (Salatura) genutia
SpeciesDanais baudiniana Godart, 1819  ⇒ Euploea euphon baudiniana
SpeciesDanais bentenga Martin, 1910
SpeciesDanais bimana Martin, 1911  ⇒ Danaus (Salatura) genutia
SpeciesDanais borneensis Staudinger, 1885
SpeciesDanais camorta Evans, 1932
SpeciesDanais cecilia Bougainville, 1837
SpeciesDanais celebensis Staudinger, 1889
SpeciesDanais ceylanica Felder, 1862
SpeciesDanais chinensis Felder, 1862  ⇒ Ideopsis similis
SpeciesDanais chloris C.Felder & R.Felder, 1860
SpeciesDanais choaspes Butler, 1866  ⇒ Tirumala choaspes
SpeciesDanais chrysea Doherty, 1891
SpeciesDanais chrysippus Linnaeus, 1758
6Subspecies
SpeciesDanais citrina C.Felder & R.Felder, 1865
SpeciesDanais claribella Butler, 1882
SpeciesDanais clarippus Weymer, 1884
SpeciesDanais claudia Godart, 1819  ⇒ Euploea mulciber
SpeciesDanais cleona
1Subspecies
SpeciesDanais cleophile Godart, 1819  ⇒ Danaus cleophile
SpeciesDanais cleothera
SpeciesDanais cometho Godman & Salvin, 1888
SpeciesDanais conspicua Butler, 1866
SpeciesDanais cora Godart, 1819  ⇒ Euploea phaenareta
SpeciesDanais coreta Godart, 1819  ⇒ Euploea sylvester coreta
SpeciesDanais corinna MacLeay, 1826  ⇒ Euploea core corinna
SpeciesDanais crocea Butler, 1866
SpeciesDanais darchia MacLeay, 1827  ⇒ Euploea darchia
SpeciesDanais decolorata Fruhstorfer, 1910  ⇒ Parantica kirbyi
SpeciesDanais diocletia Godart, 1819  ⇒ Euploea radamanthus
SpeciesDanais djampeana van Eecke, 1915
SpeciesDanais dorippa Butler, 1866
SpeciesDanais dufresne Godart, 1824  ⇒ Euploea mulciber dufresne
SpeciesDanais dufresneisic Bryk, 1937  ⇒ Euploea mulciber dufresne
SpeciesDanais edmondii Bougaunville, 1837
SpeciesDanais edwardi van Eecke, 1914
SpeciesDanais eleutho Godart, 1824  ⇒ Euploea boisduvali boisduvali
SpeciesDanais erebus Butler, 1866  ⇒ Parantica luzonensis
SpeciesDanais erginus Godman & Salvin, 1897
SpeciesDanais eugenia
SpeciesDanais eunice Godart, 1819  ⇒ Euploea leucostictos
SpeciesDanais euphone Fabricius, 1798
SpeciesDanais exprompta Butler, 1874
SpeciesDanais ferruginea Butler, 1876  ⇒ Danaus affinis
SpeciesDanais formosa Godman, 1880  ⇒ Tirumala formosa
SpeciesDanais formosana Matsumura, 1929
SpeciesDanais fruhstorferi van Eecke, 1915
SpeciesDanais fulgurata Butler, 1866
SpeciesDanais fuliginosa Hagen, 1894
SpeciesDanais fumata Butler, 1866  ⇒ Parantica taprobana
SpeciesDanais furius Fruhstorfer, 1909
SpeciesDanais garamantis Godman & Salvin, 1888  ⇒ Parantica garamantis
SpeciesDanais gautama Moore, 1877  ⇒ Tirumala gautama
SpeciesDanais gelderi Snellen, 1891
SpeciesDanais gloriola Butler, 1866
SpeciesDanais goana Martin, 1910
SpeciesDanais grammica Boisduval, 1858
SpeciesDanais haruhasa Doherty, 1891
SpeciesDanais hebridesia Butler, 1875
SpeciesDanais hecate Butler, 1866  ⇒ Amauris hecate
SpeciesDanais hermippus C.Felder & R.Felder, 1865
SpeciesDanais ino Butler, 1871
SpeciesDanais insolata Butler, 1870
SpeciesDanais inuncta Butler, 1865
SpeciesDanais ishma Butler, 1869
SpeciesDanais ismareola Butler, 1866
SpeciesDanais jamaicensis Bates, 1864
SpeciesDanais kalawara Martin, 1913
SpeciesDanais keiensis van Eecke, 1915
SpeciesDanais kerri Comstock, 1925
SpeciesDanais keteus Hagen, 1898
SpeciesDanais kheili Staudinger, 1885
SpeciesDanais kirbyi
SpeciesDanais koshunensis Sonan, 1931
SpeciesDanais kotoshoensis Matsumura, 1929
SpeciesDanais kotoshonis Matsumura, 1929
SpeciesDanais kroeseni Martin, 1910
SpeciesDanais kuekenthali Pagenstecher, 1896  ⇒ Parantica kuekenthali
SpeciesDanais kurarensis Sonan, 1931
SpeciesDanais larissa C.Felder & R.Felder, 1865
SpeciesDanais lemeemagdalenae Lemée, 1950  ⇒ Danaus (Anosia) chrysippus
SpeciesDanais leonora Butler, 1866
SpeciesDanais leopardus Butler, 1866
SpeciesDanais leucoglene C.Felder & R.Felder, 1865
SpeciesDanais leucoptera Butler, 1874
SpeciesDanais limbata Matsumura, 1929
SpeciesDanais limniace Doubleday, 1847
2Subspecies
SpeciesDanais litoralis Doherty, 1891
SpeciesDanais luciptena Westwood, 1888
SpeciesDanais lutescens Butler, 1866
SpeciesDanais luzonensis Felder & Felder, 1863  ⇒ Parantica luzonensis
SpeciesDanais lycosura Fruhstorfer, 1910
SpeciesDanais maenius Fruhstorfer, 1909
SpeciesDanais maghaba Fruhstorfer, 1909
SpeciesDanais majasa van Eecke, 1915
SpeciesDanais makassara Martin, 1910
SpeciesDanais mariana Butler, 1865
SpeciesDanais mecrimaga van Eecke, 1914
SpeciesDanais meganira
SpeciesDanais meganire Godart, 1809
SpeciesDanais melane Godart, 1819  ⇒ Parantica melaneus
SpeciesDanais melaneus Hagen, 1890
2Subspecies
SpeciesDanais melanoides Moore, 1883
SpeciesDanais melanoleuca Moore, 1877
SpeciesDanais melina Godart, 1819  ⇒ Euploea (Vadebra) climena melina
SpeciesDanais melittula Herrich-Schäffer, 1869
SpeciesDanais melusine
SpeciesDanais meridionigra Martin, 1913
SpeciesDanais microsticta Butler, 1874
SpeciesDanais moderata Butler, 1875
SpeciesDanais mytilene C.Felder & R.Felder, 1860
SpeciesDanais neptunia C.Felder & R.Felder, 1865
SpeciesDanais nesippus Felder, 1862
SpeciesDanais nicobarica Wood-Mason & de Nicéville, 1881  ⇒ Ideopsis juventa
SpeciesDanais nigra Martin, 1910
SpeciesDanais nilgiriensis Moore, 1877  ⇒ Parantica nilgiriensis
SpeciesDanais nipalensis Moore, 1877
SpeciesDanais nipponica Matsumura, 1931
SpeciesDanais nivosus Godman & Salvin, 1897
SpeciesDanais nossima Ward, 1870  ⇒ Amauris nossima
SpeciesDanais nubila Butler, 1866  ⇒ Danaus affinis
SpeciesDanais obscura Capronnier, 1886
SpeciesDanais obscurata Butler, 1874
SpeciesDanais ochlea Boisduval, 1847
SpeciesDanais oenone Butler, 1865
SpeciesDanais oenopia C.Felder & R.Felder, 1859
SpeciesDanais orientalis Semper, 1879
SpeciesDanais orientis Doherty, 1891
SpeciesDanais paculus Fruhstorfer, 1908
SpeciesDanais palawana Staudinger, 1889
SpeciesDanais partita Fruhstorfer, 1897
SpeciesDanais persimilis Moore, 1879
SpeciesDanais petilia Stoll, 1790
SpeciesDanais petiverana Doubleday, 0
SpeciesDanais phaedone Fabricius, 1798
SpeciesDanais phormis Fruhstorfer, 1909
SpeciesDanais phyle Felder & Felder, 1863  ⇒ Parantica phyle
SpeciesDanais piada
SpeciesDanais pietersii Doherty, 1891
SpeciesDanais plexaure Godart, 1819  ⇒ Danaus plexaure
SpeciesDanais plexippus
3Subspecies
SpeciesDanais prothoe Godart, 1819  ⇒ Euploea phaenareta
SpeciesDanais pseudopetilea Kalis, 1933
SpeciesDanais pseudosimilis van Eecke, 1915
SpeciesDanais pullata Butler, 1866
SpeciesDanais pumila Boisduval, 1859  ⇒ Parantica pumila
SpeciesDanais purpurata Butler, 1866
SpeciesDanais ravida Fruhstorfer, 1896
SpeciesDanais remota van Eecke, 1915
SpeciesDanais rhadamia Godart, 1819  ⇒ Euploea radamanthus
SpeciesDanais rubra van Eecke, 1915
SpeciesDanais salvini Butler, 1866
SpeciesDanais schenkii Koch, 1865  ⇒ Parantica schenkii
SpeciesDanais scrobia van Eecke, 1915
SpeciesDanais septentrionis Butler, 1874  ⇒ Tirumala septentrionis
SpeciesDanais similis
1Subspecies
SpeciesDanais simillima van Eecke, 1915
SpeciesDanais sita Kollar, 1844  ⇒ Parantica sita
SpeciesDanais sobrina Boisduval, 1832
SpeciesDanais sobrinoides Butler, 1882
SpeciesDanais strigosa Bates, 1864
SpeciesDanais subpurpurea Matsumura, 1929
SpeciesDanais sulewattan Fruhstorfer, 1896
SpeciesDanais swainson Godart, 1824  ⇒ Euploea swainson
SpeciesDanais swainsoni Godart, 0
SpeciesDanais swainsonisic Hemming, 1967  ⇒ Euploea swainson
SpeciesDanais taimanu Doherty, 1891
SpeciesDanais talautica Snellen, 1896
SpeciesDanais taprobana Felder & Felder, 1865  ⇒ Parantica taprobana
SpeciesDanais taroena van Eecke, 1915
SpeciesDanais thersippus Bates, 1863
SpeciesDanais tityoides Hagen, 1890
SpeciesDanais tontoliensis Fruhstorfer, 1897
SpeciesDanais turneri Butler, 1878
SpeciesDanais tytia Gray & Doubleday, 1846  ⇒ Parantica sita
SpeciesDanais ultramontana Martin, 1914
SpeciesDanais umbrosus Fruhstorfer, 1906
SpeciesDanais uniens Martin, 1911
SpeciesDanais vallantiana Godart, 1819
SpeciesDanais vanhasselti van Eecke, 1915
SpeciesDanais vashti Butler, 1869  ⇒ Anartia amathea
SpeciesDanais vigelii Heylaerts, 1884
SpeciesDanais vitella Montrouzier, 1856
SpeciesDanais vitrea Blanchard, 1853  ⇒ Ideopsis vitrea
SpeciesDanais vitrina Felder & Felder, 1861  ⇒ Parantica vitrina
SpeciesDanais vulgaris Butler, 1874  ⇒ Ideopsis vulgaris
SpeciesDanais xanthippus C.Felder & R.Felder, 1860


Distribution of Danais Latreille, 1807
Australia


China
2 Species
East Timor


Haiti


India
4 Species
Indonesia
9 Species
Japan


Malaysia


Myanmar


Papua New Guinea


Philippines


South Korea


Sri Lanka


Taiwan


Vietnam




Links, sources and further information
Danais at gbif.org
Danais at irmng.org