Danaus plexippus plexippus

Danaus plexippus plexippus ♂

Danaus plexippus plexippus ♀

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera Ordo: Lepidoptera Subordo: Glossata Cladus: Coelolepida Cladus: Myoglossata Cladus: Neolepidoptera Infraordo: Heteroneura Cladus: Eulepidoptera Cladus: Ditrysia Cladus: Apoditrysia Cladus: Obtectomera Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Nymphalidae
Subfamilia: Danainae
Tribus: Danaini
Subtribus: Danaina
Genus: Danaus
Species: Danaus plexippus
Subspecies: Danaus plexippus plexippus

Name

Danaus plexippus plexippus (Linnaeus, 1758)

• Type locality: Kendall, New York, USA

Synonyms

• Papilio plexippus Linnaeus, 1758

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio Decima, Reformata. Tomus I. Holmiæ (Stockholm): impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. 824 pp. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542 BHL p. 471 BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Ackery & Vane-Wright, 1984. Milkweed butterflies: Their cladistics and biology. British Museum (Natural History), London: 201.
• Lamas G., 2004, Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera; Checklist: Part 4A; Hesperioidea – Papilionoidea: #17.
• David A.S. Smith, Gugs Lushai & John A. Allen. 2005: A classification of Danaus butterflies (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) based upon data from morphology and DNA. Zoological journal of the Linnean Society, 144: 191–212. With 3 figures. [1]

Links

• ZooBank: A9F435E0-8ED7-46DD-BAB4-EA8E5BF41523

Vernacular names

čeština: Monarcha stěhovavý
dansk: Monark
Deutsch: Monarchfalter
English: Monarch
español: Mariposa monarca
فارسی: پروانه شهریار
suomi: Monarkkiperhonen
français: Monarque
עברית: דנאית מלכותית
magyar: Pompás királylepke
italiano: Monarca
日本語: オオカバマダラ
مازِرونی: شهریار ِپاپـِلی
Nederlands: Monarchvlinder
norsk: Monarksommerfugl
português: Borboleta-monarca
română: Fluture Monarh
русский: Данаида монарх
slovenčina: Monark
Tagalog: Paruparong Monarch
Tiếng Việt: Bướm Monarch
中文: 黑脉金斑蝶

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