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Danaini
The Danaini are a tribe of brush-footed butterflies (family Nymphalidae). The tribe's type genus ''Danaus'' contains the well-known monarch butterfly (''D. plexippus'') and is also the type genus of the tribe's subfamily, the milkweed butterflies (Danainae). The Danaini do not have a fixed colloquial name for the entire tribe, but in particular for subtribe Danaina the term tiger butterflies is occasionally used in reference to the numerous species in several genera. Classification Subtribe Danaina Boisduval, 833/small> * '' Amauris'' – clerics * ''Danaus'' – monarchs, queens and tigers * '' Ideopsis'' – glassy tigers, Southeast Asian tree- and wood-nymphs * '' Parantica'' – tigers * '' Tiradelphe'' – Schneider's surprise * '' Tirumala'' – blue tigers Subtribe Euploeina Moore, 880/small> * '' Anetia'' – anetias and false " fritillaries" * ''Euploea'' – crows * ''Idea'' – tree nymphs, paper butterflies * '' Lycorea'' – mimic queens * '' Protoploea'' – ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danaina
The Danaini are a tribe (biology), tribe of brush-footed butterflies (family (biology), family Nymphalidae). The tribe's type genus ''Danaus (genus), Danaus'' contains the well-known monarch butterfly (''D. plexippus'') and is also the type genus of the tribe's subfamily, the milkweed butterflies (Danainae). The Danaini do not have a fixed colloquial name for the entire tribe, but in particular for subtribe Danaina the term tiger butterflies is occasionally used in reference to the numerous species in several genera. Classification Subtribe Danaina Boisduval, [1833] * ''Amauris'' – clerics * ''Danaus (genus), Danaus'' – monarchs, queens and tigers * ''Ideopsis'' – glassy tigers, Southeast Asian tree- and wood-nymphs * ''Parantica'' – tigers * ''Tiradelphe'' – Schneider's surprise * ''Tirumala (genus), Tirumala'' – blue tigers Subtribe Euploeina Moore, [1880] * ''Anetia'' – anetias and false "List of fritillaries (butterflies), fritillaries" * ''Euploea'' – crows ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Euploea
''Euploea'' is a genus of milkweed butterflies. The species are generally dark in coloration, often quite blackish, for which reason they are commonly called crows. As usual for their subfamily, they are poisonous due to feeding on milkweeds and other toxic plants as caterpillars. The latter are aposematically colored to warn off predators from eating them, and the adult butterflies are often mimicked by unrelated species which are not or less poisonous. File:Seitz9FaunaIndoAustralicaPlate79.JPG File:Seitz9FaunaIndoAustralicaPlate81.JPG File:Seitz9FaunaIndoAustralicaPlate82.JPG File:Seitz9FaunaIndoAustralicaPlate83.JPG File:Seitz9FaunaIndoAustralicaPlate84.JPG File:Seitz9FaunaIndoAustralicaPlate85.JPG File:Seitz9FaunaIndoAustralicaPlate86.JPG Species Listed alphabetically. * '' Euploea albicosta'' – Biak dark crow * '' Euploea alcathoe'' – no-brand crow, striped black crow ** '' Euploea alcathoe enastri'' – Gove crow * ''Euploea algea'' – long-branded blue crow, mourn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milkweed Butterflies
Danainae is a subfamily of the family Nymphalidae, the brush-footed butterflies. The group may be referred to as the Danaids (reflecting their previous rank as a family) or milkweed butterflies, as they often lay their eggs on various milkweeds on which their larvae (caterpillars) feed, though it also encompasses the clearwing butterflies (Ithomiini), and the Tellervini. Some 300 species of Danainae exist worldwide. Most of the Danaini are found in tropical Asia and Africa, while the Ithomiini are diverse in the Neotropics. Tellervini are restricted to Australia and the Oriental region. Four species are found in North America: the monarch butterfly ('' Danaus plexippus''), the queen ('' Danaus gilippus''), the tropical milkweed butterfly ('' Lycorea halia''), and the soldier butterfly (or "tropic queen", '' Danaus eresimus''). Of these, the monarch is by far the most famous, being one of the most recognizable butterflies in the Americas. Taxonomy Milkweed butterflies are now ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Idea (genus)
''Idea'' (''Hestia'' in older literature) is a genus of butterflies known as tree nymphs or paper butterflies. The member species are concentrated around South-East Asia. See '' Sevenia'' for the genus of African tree nymphs. These slender butterflies have very large, papery white wings with black veins and markings. They stay high up in the treetops where they flap around in slow flight. Like most other monarch butterflies ( Danaini ), wood nymphs are poisonous, and the striking colour patterns signal this. Several butterflies from other groups mimic these patterns. Description Seitz - All the species which belong here are distinguished by their size and have a heavy, awkward flight,the weak muscles being evidently unable to control the enormous wings. Even a moderate breeze drives them helplessly hither and thither like pieces of light paper and probably on this account they never leave the shelter of the woods. The species of ''Hestia'' are among the largest butterflies, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danaus (butterfly)
''Danaus'', commonly called tigers, milkweeds, monarchs, wanderers, and queens, is a genus of butterflies in the tiger butterfly tribe. They are found worldwide, including North America, South America, Africa, Asia, Indonesia and Australia. For other tigers see the genus, '' Parantica''. Taxonomy Following the review of Smith et al. (2005), 12 species are provisionally accepted based on morphological, mtDNA 12S rRNA and cytochrome ''c'' oxidase subunit I, and nuclear DNA 18S rRNA and EF1 subunit α sequence data: This genus was formerly split into the subgenera ''Danaus'', ''Salatura'', and ''Anosia'', but this arrangement has been abolished. While the first (the 2–3 monarch butterflies) and ''Salatura'' (species ''ismare, genutia, affinis'', and ''melanippus'') do indeed seem to be clades, the relationship of these to the other species, especially the puzzling ''D. dorippus'', is not clear. Hybridization producing fertile offspring is known to occur between some specie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anetia
''Anetia'' is a Neotropical genus of Nymphalidae, nymphalid butterflies in the Danainae subfamily. Species * Lesser false fritillary (''Anetia briarea'') * Salvin's anetia (''Anetia cubana'') * Jaeger's anetia (''Anetia jaegeri'') * Anetia pantheratus, False fritillary (''Anetia pantheratus'') * Cloud-forest monarch (''Anetia thirza'') (Geyer, [1833]) References Anetia, Danaini Nymphalidae of South America Nymphalidae genera Taxa named by Jacob Hübner Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Danainae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lycorea
''Lycorea'' is a genus of butterflies from the family Nymphalidae found in Mexico, Central America, and South America South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a considerably smaller portion in the Northern Hemisphere. It can also be described as the southern Subregion#Americas, subregion o .... Species Listed alphabetically."''Lycorea'' Doubleday, [1847]"at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms'' *''Lycorea halia'' (Hübner, 1816) – tropical milkweed butterfly *''Lycorea ilione'' (Cramer, [1775]) – clearwing mimic queen *''Lycorea pasinuntia'' (Stoll, [1780]) – pasinuntia mimic queen References Danaini Nymphalidae of South America Nymphalidae genera Taxa named by Edward Doubleday {{Danainae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ideopsis
''Ideopsis'' is a genus of nymphalid butterflies in the subfamily Danainae found in South-east Asia. Large, slender, black and light blue or white butterflies. The body appears strikingly small and thin compared to the large wings. The genus resembles the genus of wood nymphs ( ''Idea'' spp.), but these butterflies are smaller than the wood nymphs.The clubbed antennae and particularly the genitalia distinguish it from ''Hestia'', as also its generally very striking sexual dimorphism Species Listed alphabetically: *'' Ideopsis gaura'' (Horsfield, 829 – smaller wood nymph *'' Ideopsis hewitsonii'' Kirsch, 1877 – Hewitson's small tree-nymph *'' Ideopsis klassika'' Martin, 1909 – Seram small tree-nymph *'' Ideopsis juventa'' (Cramer, 777 – wood nymph, gray or grey glassy tiger *'' Ideopsis oberthurii'' (Doherty, 1891) *''Ideopsis similis ''Ideopsis similis'', the Ceylon blue glassy tiger, is a species of butterfly found in Asia, including Sri Lanka, India and Taiwan, tha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amauris
''Amauris'' is a genus of nymphalid butterflies in the Danainae subfamily. ''Amauris niavius niavius'', ''Amauris echeria jacksoni'', and ''Amauris dominicanus'' are mimicked by '' Papilio dardanus'' females. Other mimics of ''Amauris'' are found among other species of ''Papilio'', the nymphaline genus '' Pseudacraea'', and '' Hypolimnas anthedon''. Species * '' Amauris comorana'' – Comoro friar * '' Amauris nossima'' – Madagascan friar * '' Amauris phoedon'' – Mauritian friar * '' Amauris niavius'' – friar * '' Amauris tartarea'' – monk * '' Amauris ellioti'' – Ansorge's Danaid * '' Amauris echeria'' * ''Amauris vashti'' * ''Amauris crawshayi'' * ''Amauris damocles ''Amauris damocles'', the small monk, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Senegal, Gambia, Guinea, Burkina Faso, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon and Tanzania Tanzania, officially ...'' * '' Amauris hyalites'' * '' Amauris albimaculata'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tiradelphe
Schneider's surprise (''Tiradelphe schneideri'') is a species of nymphalid butterfly in the Danainae subfamily. It is monotypic within the genus ''Tiradelphe''. It is endemic to the Solomon Islands Solomon Islands, also known simply as the Solomons,John Prados, ''Islands of Destiny'', Dutton Caliber, 2012, p,20 and passim is an island country consisting of six major islands and over 1000 smaller islands in Melanesia, part of Oceania, t .... References Danaini Insects of the Solomon Islands Butterflies described in 1984 Endemic fauna of the Solomon Islands Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Butterflies of Oceania {{Solomons-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parantica
''Parantica'', commonly called tigers, is an Old World genus of butterflies in subfamily Danainae of family Nymphalidae. They are found in southeastern Asia, Indonesia, Papua-New Guinea, and the Philippines. Many of these species are endemic to islands and considered endangered, vulnerable, or threatened according to the IUCN Red List. For other butterflies called tigers see the genus ''Danaus''. ''Parantica'' are large, slender, black and light blue or white butterflies. The body appears strikingly small and thin compared to the large wings. Species Species in alphabetical order:http://www.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/nymphalidae/danainae/parantica/index.html Parantica *''Parantica aglea'' (Stoll, 1782) – glassy (blue) tiger *'' Parantica agleoides'' (C. & R. Felder, 1860) – dark glassy tiger *''Parantica albata'' (Zinken, 1831) – Zinken's tiger *'' Parantica aspasia'' (Fabricius, 1787) – yellow glassy tiger *''Parantica cleon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
