Danaus

Danaus
Danaus chrysippus jantan
Danaus plexippus dan Danaus gilippus
Klasifikasi ilmiah
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kerajaan:	Animalia
Filum:	Arthropoda
Kelas:	Insecta
Ordo:	Lepidoptera
Famili:	Nymphalidae
Subtribus:	Danaina
Genus:	Danaus Kluk, 1802
Spesies tipe
Papilio plexippus[1] Linnaeus, 1758
Spesies
12–13 spesies, lihat teks

Danaus, umum dikenal sebagai tiger, milkweed, monarch, wanderer, dan queen, adalah sebuah genus kupu-kupu dalam tribus kupu-kupu harimau. Genus ini ditemukan di seluruh dunia, termasuk Amerika Utara, Amerika Selatan, Afrika, Asia, Indonesia dan Australia. Kupu-kupu harimau lainnya terdapat di genus Parantica.

1. ^ Hemming, Francis, ed. (1950). "The Official Record of Proceedings of the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature at its Session held in Paris in July 1948: Conclusion of Fourteenth Meeting (second instalment)". The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature. 4 (16–18): 494.

• Ackery, P. & Vane-Wright, R. (1984). Milkweed Butterflies: Their Cladistics and Biology. London: British Museum (Natural History.
• Jiggins, F. M.; Hurst, G. D. D.; Jiggins, C. D.; Schulenburg, J. H. G. v. D. & Majerus, M. E. N. (2000). The butterfly Danaus chrysippus is infected by a male-killing Spiroplasma bacterium. Parasitology 120(5): 439–446. DOI:10.1017/S0031182099005867 (HTML abstract)
• Lushai, G., Goulson, D., Allen, J. A., Maclean, N., Smith, D. A. S., & Gordon, I. J. (2003). Incomplete sexual isolation in sympatry between subspecies of the butterfly Danaus chrysippus (L.) and the creation of a hybrid zone. Heredity, 90(3), 236-246.
• Smith, D. A. S., Gordon, I. J., Lushai, G., Goulson, D., Allen, J. A., & Maclean, N. (2002). Hybrid queen butterflies from the cross Danaus chrysippus (L.) x D. gilippus (Cramer): Confirmation of species status for the parents and further support for Haldane's Rule. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 76(4), 535-544.
• Smith, D. A. S., Lushai, G., & Allen, J. A. A. (2005). A classification of Danaus butterflies (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) based upon data from morphology and DNA. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 144(2), 191-212.