''Danis'' is a genus of

butterflies Butterflies are winged insects from the lepidopteran superfamily Papilionoidea, characterized by large, often brightly coloured wings that often fold together when at rest, and a conspicuous, fluttering flight. The oldest butterfly fossi ...

in the family

Lycaenidae Lycaenidae is the second-largest family (biology), family of butterflies (behind Nymphalidae, brush-footed butterflies), with over 6,000 species worldwide, whose members are also called gossamer-winged butterflies. They constitute about 30% of ...

. The species of this genus are found in the

Australasian realm The Australasian realm is one of eight biogeographic realms that is coincident with, but not (by some definitions) the same as, the geographical region of Australasia. The realm includes Australia, the island of New Guinea (comprising Papua Ne ...

Species

*'' Danis absyrtus'' Felder & Felder 1859 *'' Danis albomarginata'' Rothschild, 1915 Misol *'' Danis albostrigata'' Bethune-Baker, 1908

New Guinea New Guinea (; Hiri Motu: ''Niu Gini''; , fossilized , also known as Papua or historically ) is the List of islands by area, world's second-largest island, with an area of . Located in Melanesia in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, the island is ...

*'' Danis anaximens'' Fruhstorfer, 1907

Kumusi River The Kumusi River (also known as the Kamusi River) is a river located in the Oro Province of Papua New Guinea. Known for its width and its strength, the Kumusi has had a significant impact on the history of the Oro Province. It was a significant fac ...

New Guinea *'' Danis annamensis'' Fruhstorfer, 1903 *'' Danis aryanus'' Grose-Smith, 1895

Halmahera Halmahera, formerly known as Jilolo, Gilolo, or Jailolo, is the largest island in the Maluku Islands. It is part of the North Maluku Provinces of Indonesia, province of Indonesia, and Sofifi, the capital of the province, is located on the west coa ...

*'' Danis athanetus'' ''Danis melimnos'' ssp. ''athanetus'' Fruhstorfer, 1915 New Guinea *'' Danis beata'' Röber, 1926 New Guinea *'' Danis caelinus'' Grose-Smith *'' Danis caesius'' Grose-Smith, 1894 New Guinea *'' Danis caledonica'' Felder and Felder, 1865 *'' Danis carissima'' Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1895 Watter and Pura (Philippines?) *'' Danis coelinus'' Grose-Smith, 1898

Fergusson Island Fergusson Island is the largest island of the D'Entrecasteaux Islands, in Papua New Guinea. It has an area of , and mostly consists of mountainous regions, covered by rain forests. There are three large volcanoes on the island. Fergusson Island ...

*'' Danis concolor'' *'' Danis coroneia'' Fruhstorfer, 1915 New Hannover *'' Danis danis'' *'' Danis dispar'' Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1895

New Britain New Britain () is the largest island in the Bismarck Archipelago, part of the Islands Region of Papua New Guinea. It is separated from New Guinea by a northwest corner of the Solomon Sea (or with an island hop of Umboi Island, Umboi the Dampie ...

*'' Danis dissimilis'' Joicey & Talbot, 1916

Schouten Islands The Biak Islands (, also Schouten Islands or Geelvink Islands) are an island group of Southwest Papua province, eastern Indonesia in the Cenderawasih Bay (or Geelvink Bay) 50 km off the north-western coast of the island of New Guinea. Th ...

*'' Danis drucei'' *'' Danis ekeikei'' Bethune-Baker, 1908 New Guinea *'' Danis esme'' Grose-Smith, 1894 New Britain *'' Danis glaucopis'' Grose-Smith, 1894 *'' Danis hamilcar'' Grose-Smith, 1894 New Britain *'' Danis hanno'' Grose-Smith, 1894 New Britain *'' Danis helga'' Grose-Smith, 1898 Jobi *'' Danis hengis'' Grose-Smith, 1897 New Guinea *'' Danis hermes'' Grose-Smith, 1894 New Guinea *'' Danis hermogenes'' = ''Danis wallacei'' ssp. ''hermogenes'' Fruhstorfer, 1915 *'' Danis herophilus'' = ''Danis danis'' ssp. ''herophilus'' Fruhstorfer, 1915 Waigeu *'' Danis horsa'' Grose-Smith, 1898 Ron Island Geelvink Channel *'' Danis intermedius'' Röber *'' Danis irregularis'' Ribbe, 1899 *'' Danis karpaia'' Druce *'' Danis lampros'' Druce, 1897

Trobriand Islands The Trobriand Islands are a archipelago of coral atolls off the east coast of New Guinea. They are part of the nation of Papua New Guinea and are in Milne Bay Province. Most of the population of 60,000 (2016) indigenous inhabitants live on the m ...

*'' Danis lamprosides'' Grose-Smith, 1898 Trobriand Islands *'' Danis latifascia'' = ''Danis danis latifascia'' (Rothschild, 1915)

Admiralty Islands The Admiralty Islands are an archipelago group of 40 islands in the Bismarck Archipelago, to the north of New Guinea in the South Pacific Ocean. These are also sometimes called the Manus Islands, after the largest island. These rainforest-cov ...

*'' Danis lona'' Röber, 1927 Waigeu *'' Danis lygia'' *'' Danis mamberanano'' Joicey & Talbot, 1916 New Guinea (River Mamberano, Dutch New Guinea) *'' Danis manto'' Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1896 New Guinea *'' Danis melimnos'' H. H. Druce and Bethune-Baker, 1893 *'' Danis metrophanes'' = ''Danis wallacei'' ssp. ''metrophanes'' Fruhstorfer, 1915 New Guinea *'' Danis moutoni'' = ''Danis hanno'' ssp. ''moutoni'' Ribbe, 1899 *'' Danis occidentalis'' = ''Danis danis occidentalis'' (Röber, 1926) *'' Danis olga'' Grose-Smith, 1808 New Guinea *'' Danis oribasius'' = ''Danis perpheres'' ssp. ''oribastus'' Fruhstorfer, 1915 *'' Danis panatius'' = ''Danis danis'' ssp. ''panatius'' Fruhstorfer, 1915 *'' Danis peri'' Grose-Smith, 1894 New Guinea *'' Danis philocrates'' = ''Danis danis'' ssp. ''philocrates'' Fruhstorfer, 1915

Obi Islands The Obi Islands (also known as Ombirah, Indonesian: ''Kepulauan Obi'') are a group of 42 islands in the Indonesian province of North Maluku, north of Buru and Ceram, and south of Halmahera. With a total area of 2,817.72 km2, they had a pop ...

*'' Danis phoibides'' = ''Danis danis'' ssp. ''phoibides'' Fruhstorfer, 1915 Mefor *'' Danis phroso'' Grose-Smith, 1897 New Guinea *'' Danis piepersi'' Snellen, 1878

Celebes Sulawesi ( ), also known as Celebes ( ), is an island in Indonesia. One of the four Greater Sunda Islands, and the world's 11th-largest island, it is situated east of Borneo, west of the Maluku Islands, and south of Mindanao and the Sulu Archi ...

, Banggai Islands,

Sula Islands The Sula Islands are an archipelago of Indonesia. They consist of islands of the Taliabu Island Regency Taliabu Island Regency () is a regency in the North Maluku province of Indonesia, consisting primarily of the island of Taliabu, the most ...

*'' Danis plateni'' Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1896 Waigeu *'' Danis plotinus'' Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1896 *'' Danis proedrus'' = ''Danis danis'' ssp. ''proedrus'' Fruhstorfer, 1915 *'' Danis pseudochrania'' Röber *'' Danis pseudochromia'' = ''Danis hamilcar'' ssp. ''pseudochromia'' Ribbe, 1899 = '' Nacaduba cyanea hamilcar'' Grose-Smith, 1894 *'' Danis regalis'' *'' Danis reverdini'' Fruhstorfer, 1915

Cape York Peninsula The Cape York Peninsula is a peninsula located in Far North Queensland, Australia. It is the largest wilderness in northern Australia.Mittermeier, R.E. et al. (2002). Wilderness: Earth's last wild places. Mexico City: Agrupación Sierra Madre, ...

*'' Danis rosselana'' Bethune-Baker, 1908

Rossel Island Rossel Island (named after de Rossel, a senior officer on the French expedition of d'Entrecasteaux, 1791-1793; also known as Yela) is the easternmost island of the Louisiade Archipelago, within the Milne Bay Province of Papua New Guinea. Tree Isl ...

*'' Danis sakitatus'' = ''Danis piepersi'' ssp. ''sakitatus'' Ribbe, 1926

*'' Danis salamandri'' Semper *''

Danis scarpheia Danis may refer to: * ''Danis'' (butterfly), a genus of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae * Danis Goulet (born 1977), Canadian Cree-Métis film director and screenwriter * Yann Danis (born 1981), Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender * Gy� ...

'' = ''Danis melimnos'' ssp. ''scarpheia'' Fruhstorfer, 1915 *'' Danis schaeffera'' (Eschscholtz, 1821) *'' Danis sebae'' *'' Danis smaragdus'' Grose-Smith *'' Danis sophron'' = ''Danis danis'' ssp. ''sophron'' Fruhstorfer, 1915

Buru Buru (formerly spelled Boeroe, Boro, or Bouru) is the third largest island within the Maluku Islands of Indonesia. It lies between the Banda Sea to the south and Seram Sea to the north, west of Ambon Island, Ambon and Seram Island, Seram island ...

*'' Danis soranus'' = ''Danis schaeffera'' ssp. ''soranus'' Fruhstorfer, 1915

*'' Danis stephani'' Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1896 *'' Danis subsuleima'' Strand, 1929 = ''Danis danis'' ssp. ''latifascia'' Rothschild, 1915 *'' Danis suleima'' Grose-Smith, 1898 = ''Danis danis suleima'' (Grose-Smith)

Louisiade Archipelago The Louisiade Archipelago is a string of ten larger volcanic islands frequently fringed by coral reefs, and 90 smaller coral islands in Papua New Guinea. It is located 200 km southeast of New Guinea, stretching over more than and spread o ...

*'' Danis supous'' Druce & Bethune-Baker, 1893

Aru Islands Aru or ARU may refer to: Education * Alpha Rho Upsilon, a defunct fraternity in the United States * Anglia Ruskin University, a university in England * Ardhi University, a Tanzanian public university Places * Aru Islands Regency, a group of i ...

*'' Danis thinophilus'' = ''Dani danis'' ssp. ''thinophilus'' Toxopeus, 1930 *'' Danis triopus'' de Nicéville, 1898

Kai Islands The Kai Islands (also Kei Islands) of Indonesia are a group of islands in the southeastern part of the Maluku Islands, located in the province of Maluku (province), Maluku. The Moluccas have been known as the Spice Islands due to regionally sp ...

*'' Danis valestinax'' = ''Danis peri'' ssp. ''valestinax'' Fruhstorfer, 1915 = ''Perpheres perpheres valestinax'' Fruhstorfer, 1915 New Guinea *'' Danis wallacei'' *'' Danis vidua'' Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1895 Waigeu *'' Danis wollastoni'' Rothschild, 1917 New Guinea *'' Danis zainis'' = ''Danis wallacei'' ssp. ''zainis'' Fruhstorfer, 1915 New Guinea *'' Danis zuleika'' Grose-Smith, 1898

Catalogue of Life
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at Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera

References

External links

* Henley Grose-Smith publications {{Taxonbar, from=Q5219670 Lycaenidae genera