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].
- Ареал — Европа: Греция, юг Италии. Африка, Австралия, теплые страны Азии. [85].
Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species
- Wingspan 75 - 90 mm [PC106].
- Общая окраска и передних, и задних крыльев, и верха, и испода — оранжевая. Край крыльев черный, вершины передних крыльев — тоже, причем последние еще и с белыми пятнами. [85].
Imago lifespan
General info about Larva
- Гусеницы Danaus chrysippus светло-серые с желтым, несут черные перевязи на каждом из сегментов. [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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