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Danaus
Kluk, 1780
(butterfly)
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Entity:
Danaina (Subtribe)
..Amauris (Genus)
..Ideopsis (Genus)
..Miriamica (Genus)
..Parantica (Genus)
..Tiradelphe (Genus)
..Tirumala (Genus)
..Danaus (Genus)
....Danaus affinis (Species)
....Danaus chrysippus (Species)
....Danaus cleophile (Species)
....Danaus eresimus (Species)
....Danaus erippus (Species)
....Danaus genutia (Species)
....Danaus gilippus (Species)
....Danaus ismare (Species)
....Danaus melanippus (Species)
....Danaus plexaure (Species)
....Danaus plexippus (Species) - monarch butterfly
Authorship
SN2000 author citation
:
K. Kluk, 1780
Unavailable original name
:
Linnaeus, C. 1758.
Syst. Nat.
(ed. 10)
1
: 468.
Original name
:
Kluk, K. 1780.
Zwierz. Hist. nat. pocz. gospod.
4
: 83.
Original rank
:
loc. cit.
Original spelling
:
loc. cit.
Attributes
Name placed on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology [ICZN, 1999: Art. 80.6]
Ref:
Opinion 278.
Types
Type of
:
Danaidae
(Family)
[J.A.] Boisduval, [1833]
Type of
:
Danaina
(Subtribe)
[J.A.] Boisduval, [1833]
Type of
:
Danainae
(Subfamily)
Boisduval, 1833
Type of
:
Danaini
(Tribe)
Boisduval, 1833
Type, by subsequent designation
:
Danaus plexippus
(C. Linnaeus, 1758)
Ref:
Hemming, 1933. Entomologist 66: 222.
[
new
]
Variants
Unavailable name
:
Danai
C. Linnaeus, 1758, nom. inval.
Unavailable name
:
Papilio Danaus
([unranked])
Linnaeus, 1758
Different spelling
:
Danaius
(Genus)
Synonyms
Synonymous name
:
Anosia
(Genus)
Hübner, 1816
Ref:
N. Wahlberg (ed.), [2006]
: 4 Oct 2008.
Synonymous name
:
Danaida
(Genus)
Latreille, 1804
Ref:
N. Wahlberg (ed.), [2006]
: 4 Oct 2008.
Synonymous name
:
Danaomorpha
(Genus)
Kremky, 1925
Ref:
N. Wahlberg (ed.), [2006]
: 4 Oct 2008.
Synonymous name
:
Diogas
(Genus)
d'Almeida, 1938
Ref:
N. Wahlberg (ed.), [2006]
: 4 Oct 2008.
Synonymous name
:
Festivus
(Genus)
Crotch, 1872
Ref:
N. Wahlberg (ed.), [2006]
: 4 Oct 2008.
Synonymous name
:
Limnas
(Genus)
Hübner, 1806
Ref:
N. Wahlberg (ed.), [2006]
: 4 Oct 2008.
Synonymous name
:
Nasuma
(Genus)
Moore, 1883
Ref:
N. Wahlberg (ed.), [2006]
: 4 Oct 2008.
Synonymous name
:
Panlymnas
(Genus)
Bryk, 1937
Ref:
N. Wahlberg (ed.), [2006]
: 4 Oct 2008.
Synonymous name
:
Salatura
(Genus)
Moore, 1880
Ref:
N. Wahlberg (ed.), [2006]
: 4 Oct 2008.
Synonymous name
:
Tasitia
(Genus)
Moore, 1883
Ref:
N. Wahlberg (ed.), [2006]
: 4 Oct 2008.
Synonymous name (objective)
:
Danais
(Genus)
Latreille, 1807
Ref:
N. Wahlberg (ed.), [2006]
: 4 Oct 2008.
Synonymous name (objective)
:
Danaus
(Genus)
Latreille, 1809, nom. illeg.
Ref:
N. Wahlberg (ed.), [2006]
: 4 Oct 2008.
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