Danainae
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Danainae is a subfamily of the family Nymphalidae, the brush-footed butterflies. The group may be referred to as the Danaids or milkweed butterflies, as they often lay their eggs on various milkweeds
Dark Blue Tiger, Striped Blue Crow, and Common Tiger
Danaus chrysippus, male with anal "hairs"; Danaini
Methona themisto; Ithomiini
Tellervo zoilus; Tellervini
Danaini
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The Danaini are a tribe of brush-footed butterflies. The tribe's type genus Danaus contains the well-known monarch butterfly and is also the type genus of the tribe's subfamily, the milkweed butterfli
Danainae
…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…
Lepidoptera 2Butler PZSL1866
Friar, genus Amauris
Monarch, genus Danaus
Wood nymph, genus Ideopsis