Danaus (Genus) (Paperback)

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Danaus, commonly called Tigers, Milkweeds, Monarchs, and Queens, is a genus of butterflies in the tiger butterfly tribe. They are found worldwide, including North America, South America, Africa, Asia, Indonesia and Australia.Following the review of Smith et al. (2005), 12 species are provisionally accepted based on morphological, mtDNA 12S rRNA and cytochrome c oxidase subunit I, and nuclear DNA 18S rRNA and EF1 subunit sequence data: Danaus affinis (Fabricius, 1775) - Malay Tiger, Danaus chrysippus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Plain Tiger, Common Tiger, or African Queen, Danaus cleophile (Godart, 1819) - Jamaican Monarch, Danaus dorippus (Klug, 1845) - Dorippus Tiger (formerly included in D. chrysippus), Danaus eresimus (Cramer, 1777) - Soldier (butterfly), Tropic Queen, includes D. plexaure, Danaus erippus (Cramer, 1775) - Southern Monarch.