Danaus chrysippus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Taxonomy
class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Papilionoidea → family Nymphalidae → subfamily Danainae → genus Danaus → subgenus Anosia → species Danaus chrysippus
Species name(s)
Danaus (Anosia) chrysippus (Linnaeus, 1758) = Danais chrysippus = Papilio chrysippus Linnaeus, 1758 = Papilio asclepiadis Gagliardi, 1811 = Limnas bowringi Moore, 1883 = Danais clarippus Weymer, 1884 = Limnas klugii Butler, [1886] = Salatura chrysippus kanariensis Fruhstorfer, 1899 = Danais chrysippus rubra van Eecke, 1915 = Danais chrysippus fuscippus van Eecke, 1915 = praealbata (Froreich, 1928) = liboria (Hulstaert, 1931) = joannisi Dufrane, 1948 = ornata Dufrane, 1948 = luxurians Dufrane, 1948 = hanoiensis Dufrane, 1948 = subreducta Dufrane, 1948 = radiata Dufrane, 1948 = impunctata Dufrane, 1948 = duponti Dufrane, 1948 = duplicata Dufrane, 1948 = deficiens Dufrane, 1948 = completa Dufrane, 1948 = bipunctata Dufrane, 1948 = anomala Dufrane, 1948 = evanescens Storace, 1949 = lemeemagdalenae (Lemée, 1950) = witteellus Overlaet, 1955 = hypermnestra Stoneham, 1958 = Limnas chrysippus = Danaida chrysippus bataviana = Danaus (Anosia) chrysippus = Euploea asclepiadis Fabricius = Limnas klugii Butler, 1886 = Danais lemeemagdalenae Lemée, 1950 = Papilio petilia Stoll. [9, 10, 85, 187]
Plain Tiger.
urn:lsid:insecta.pro:taxonomy:8547
Expansion
Zoogeographical regions
Palaearctic, Ethiopic, Indo-Malayan, Australian.
Wingspan
75—90 mm.
Primary colors
Orange, Brown/Gray/Black, White.
Flight time
January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December |
Detailed information with references
Taxonomy, synonyms and combinations
Distribution
- Albania, Greece, Spain, Italy, Crete, Malta, Sardinia, Sicily. [1].
- Greece (mainland), Dodecanese Islands, Spain (mainland), Italy (mainland), the Canary Islands, Cyprus, Corsica, Crete, Malta, Sardinia, North Aegean Islands, Sicily, Ukraine, France (mainland). [10].
- Africa, India, Malaysia, Japan, Australia. [125].
- Vietnam. [PC1222].
- Area — Europe: Greece, southern Italy. Africa, Australia, warm Asian countries. [85].
Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species
- Wingspan 75 - 90 mm [PC106].
- The general color of both the front and rear wings, and the top, and underparts is orange. The edge of the wings is black, the apices of the forewings are also black, and the latter also have white spots. [85].
Imago lifespan
General info about Larva
- The caterpillars of Danaus chrysippus are light gray with yellow, and bear black baldrics on each of the segments. [85].
Larva food plants / other food objects
- Asclepias curassavica, Calotropis procera, Cynanchum acutum. [28].
- Ластовня (ваточник). [85].
Subspecies of Danaus chrysippus
- Danaus chrysippus aegyptius Schreber, 1759. [187]
- D. c. albinus Lanz, 1896. [187]
- D. c. alcippoides Moore, 1883. [187]
- D. c. amplifascia Talbot, 1943. [187]
- D. c. axantha K.J.Hayward, 1922. [187]
- D. c. bataviana (Moore, 1883). [9]
- D. c. bowringi Moore, 1883. [187]
- D. c. candidata Hayward, 1922. [187]
- D. c. chrysipellus Strand, 1910. [187]
- D. c. chrysippus. [9]
- D. c. clarippus Weymer, 1884. [187]
- D. c. cratippus Felder, 1860. [9]
- D. c. dorippus Klug, 1845. [187]
- D. c. gelderi (Snellen, 1891). [9]
- D. c. hypermnestra Stoneham, 1958. [187]
- D. c. joannisi Dufrane, 1948. [187]
- D. c. kanariensis Fruhstorfer, 1898. [187]
- D. c. liboria Hulstaert, 1931. [187]
- D. c. limbata Matsumura, 1929. [187]
- D. c. margarita Röber, 1926. [187]
- D. c. orientis (Aurivillius, 1909). [9]
- D. c. petilia (Stoll, 1790). [9]
- D. c. praealbata Froreich, 1928. [187]
- D. c. pseudopetilea Kalis, 1933. [187]
- D. c. semialbinus Strand, 1910. [187]
- D. c. subpurpurea Matsumura, 1929. [187]
- D. c. transiens Suffert, 1900. [187]
- D. c. van Eecke, 1914. [187]
- D. c. van Eecke, 1915. [187]
- D. c. van Eecke, 1915. [187]
- D. c. vigelii Heylaerts, 1884. [187]
Authors
Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.
Photos:
Mario Maier, Israel Sade. Text data: Peter Khramov, Vasiliy Feoktistov, Sergei Kotov, Fedor Ovechkin.
The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov, Sergei Kotov.
References
- [1] O. Karsholt, J. Razowski (eds.), 1996. The Lepidoptera of Europe: a distributional checklist
- [9] Tree of Life (funet.fi), 2012
- [10] de Jong, Y.S.D.M. (ed.) (2011) Fauna Europaea version 2.4 (faunaeur.org)
- [28] Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa (leps.it), 2012
- [85] Lepidoptera species catalogue, Lepidoptera.ru, 2015
- [125] David Carter "Butterflies and Moths". Dorling Kindersley Limited, 9 Henrietta Street, London, 1992.
- [187] Species 2000, http://www.sp2000.org
- [PC106] Sergei Kotov
- [PC1222] Fedor Ovechkin
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