Bibliography for Danaina

• Ackery, P.R. 1984. Symposium of the Royal Entomological Society of London, no. 11. Part 1 Systematics. pp. 9-21 in Vane-Wright, R.I. & Ackery, P.R. (eds). The Biology of Butterflies. London : Academic Press 429 pp.
• Ackery, P.R. 1988. Hostplants and classification: a review of nymphalid butterflies. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society of London 33: 95-203
• Ackery, P.R., Smith, C.L. & Vane-Wright, R.I. 1995. Carcasson's African Butterflies: an annotated catalogue of the Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea of the Afrotropical Region. East Melbourne : CSIRO Publications xi 803 pp. [Date published 31 December 1995]
• Ackery, P.R. & Vane-Wright, R.I. 1984. Milkweed Butterflies their Cladistics and Biology being an account of the natural history of the Danainae, a subfamily of the Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae. London : British Museum (Natural History) 425 pp.
• Blanchard, C.E. 1848. Voyage au Pôle Sud et dans l'Océanie sur les Corvettes l'Astrolabe et la Zélée; exécuté par ordre du Roi pendant les années 1837–1838–1839–1840, sous le commandement de M.J. Dumont-d'Urville, Capitaine de vaisseau; publié par ordre du Gouvernement, sous la direction supérieure de M. Jacquinot, capitaine de vaisseau, commandant de la Zélée. Zoologie. Description des Insectes. Atlas. Paris : E. Thunot 25 pls (3 pls butterflies).
• Braby, M.F. 1988. A note on directional flights of Eurema smilax (Donovan) (Lepidoptera: Pieridae) and Danaus chrysippus petilia (Stoll) (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) in Victoria. Australian Entomological Magazine 15(2): 53-57
• Braby, M.F. 2015. A further record of Danaus chrysippus cratippus (C. Felder, 1860) (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Danainae) from the Northern Territory, Australia. Australian Entomologist 42(4): 253-255
• Braby, M.F., Farias Quipildor, G.E., Vane-Wright, R.I. & Lohman, D.J. 2015. Morphological and molecular evidence supports recognition of Danaus petilia (Stoll, 1790) (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) as a species distinct from D. chrysippus (Linnaeus, 1758). Systematics and Biodiversity 13: 386-402
• Bryk, F. 1937. Family Danainae. Lepidopterorum Catalogus. Pt 78 pp. 1–432; Corrigenda Pt 80 pp. 641–642.
• Common, I.F.B. & Waterhouse, D.F. 1981. Butterflies of Australia. Sydney : Angus & Robertson xiv 682 pp. 49 pls.
• Corbet, A.S. 1941. Observations on certain of the Fabrician names of Indo-Australian Rhopalocera (Lepid.). Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London B 10(6): 98-106
• Corbet, A.S. 1941. The Linnaean names of Indo-Australian Rhopalocera. Pts 1, 2. Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London B 10: 8-27
• Corbet, A.S. 1949. The Linnaean names of Indo-Australian Rhopalocera. Pt 7. Summary of determinations. Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London B 18: 191-199
• Cramer, P. 1779. Uitlandsche Kapellen. [Dutch title] or Papilions exotiques des trois parties du monde l'Asie, l'Afrique et l'Amérique. [French title]. Amsterdam Baalde and Utrecht : Wild Vol. 3(17–21) 1-104 pls 193-252. [issued 1779, dated 1775–1790]
• Crotch, M.A. 1872. On the generic nomenclature of Lepidoptera. Cistula Entomologica 1(3): 59-71, 91-92
• d'Almeida, R.F. 1938. Um novo genero da sub-familia Danainae e um novo synonymo para o genero Anosia Hübn. (Lep. Danaidae). O Campo, Brazil 9(102): 41
• Doubleday, E. in Doubleday, E. & Westwood, J.O. 1847. The Genera of Diurnal Lepidoptera: comprising their generic characters, a notice of their habits and transformations, and a catalogue of the species of each genus. Illustrated by W.C. Hewitson. London : Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans Vol. 1 pp. xii 1-18 pls A 1-4. [issued 1847, dated 1846-1850, publication dates]
• Dunn, K.L. & Dunn, L.E. 1991. Review of Australian Butterflies: distribution, life history and taxonomy. Family Nymphalidae. Melbourne : K. & L. Dunn Vol. 4 513-660 pp.
• Edgar, J.A. 1982. Pyrrolizidine alkaloids sequestered by Solomon Island Danaine butterflies. The feeding preferences of the Danainae and Ithomiinae. Journal of Zoology, London 196: 385-399
• Edwards, E.D. 1996. Nymphalidae. pp. 243-248, 359-360 in Nielsen, E.S., Edwards, E.D. & Rangsi, T.V. (eds). Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Australia. Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing Vol. 4 xiv 529 pp. & CD-ROM.
• Fabricius, J.C. 1775. Systema Entomologiae, sistens Insectorum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, adiectis Synonymis, Locis, Descriptionibus, Observationibus. Flensburgi et Lipsiae [= Flensburg & Leipzig] : Kortii xxxii 832 pp. [Date published 17 April]
• Fabricius, J.C. 1793. Entomologia Systematica Emendata et Aucta. Secundum, Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, adjectis synonimis [sic], locis, observationibus, descriptionibus. Hafniae : Christ. Gottl. Proft. Tom. 3(Pars 1) iv 487pp.
• Fabricius, J.C. in Bryk, F. 1938. Systema Glossatorum. [Facsimile]. Im Anhang: J. Chr. Fabricius: Rechenschaft an das Publicum über seine Classification der Glossaten. pp. 13–112.
• Felder, C. 1860. Lepidopterorum Amboinensium species novae diagnosibus collustratae. I. Rhopalocera. pp. 448-468 in Frauenfeld, G.R. (ed.). Diagnosen einiger neuer Insecten und Untersuchung mehrerer Sandproben verschiedener Küstenpunkte gesammelt während der Reise Sr. Mag. Fregatte Novara. Sitzungsberichte der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien 40(11): 447-468
• Fruhstorfer, H. 1910. The Indo-Australian Rhopalocera. [Danaidae]. pp. 192-215 in Seitz, A. (ed.). The Macrolepidoptera of the World: a systematic description of the hitherto known macrolepidoptera. Stuttgart : Alfred Kernen Vol. 9 1197 pp.
• Godart, J.B. 1819. Zoologie. Vol. 9 Pt 1 pp. 13–328 in Latreille, P.A. & Godart, J.B. Encyclopédie Méthodique. Histoire Naturelle. Entomologie, ou Histoire Naturelle des Crustacés, des Arachnides et des Insectes. Paris. [publication date: Sherborn, C.D. & Woodward, B.B. 1906. On the dates of publication of the natural history portions of the Encyclopédie Méthodique. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 7 17: 577–582; Cowan, C.F. 1968. [publication dates] Enc. Méth. 9. Journal of the Society for the Bibliography of Natural History 4(7): 307–311, 390 [310]; Sherborn, C.D. & Woodward, B.B. 1899. On the dates of the Encyclopédie Méthodique: additional note. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1899(3): 595]
• Gunder, J.D. 1927. New transition forms or "abs" and their classification (Lepid., Rhopalocera). Entomological News 38(5): 129-138 1 pl.
• Hacker, H. 1924. The early stages of Danaida affinis Fabr. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 8: 43-44
• Honrath, E.G. 1892. Neue Rhopalocera. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 36: 429-440
• Hübner, J. 1816. Verzeichniss bekannter Schmettlinge. Augsburg : Jacob Hübner 16 pp.
• Hulst, G.D. 1886. Three new varieties, and one new species of Lepidoptera. Entomologica Americana 2(9): 182
• International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1958. Opinion 516. Determination under the plenary powers of the relative precedence to be assigned to certain works on the Order Lepidoptera (Class Insecta) published in 1775 by Pieter Cramer, Michael Denis & Ignaz Schiffermüller, Johann Christian Fabricius, Johann Casper Fuessly, and S.A. von Rottemburg respectively. Opinions and Declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 19: 1-44
• James, D.G. 1982. A transient non-breeding population of Danaus plexippus (L.) (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) near Picton, New South Wales. Australian Entomological Magazine 8(6): 96-99
• James, D.G. 1982. Ovarian dormancy in Danaus plexippus (L.) (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) — oligopause not diapause. Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 21: 31-35
• James, D.G. 1984. Migration and clustering phenology of Danaus plexippus (L.) (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) in Australia. Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 23: 199-204
• James, D.G. 1986. Studies on the migration of Danaus plexippus (L.) (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) in the Sydney area. Australian Entomological Magazine 13(1, 2): 27-31
• James, D.G. 1988. Migration and behaviour of non-reproductive Danaus plexippus (L.) (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) in the Blue Mountains, New South Wales. Australian Entomological Magazine 15(1): 25-30
• Kluk, K. 1802. Zwierzat domowych i dzikich osobliwie kraiowych. Hist. nat. poczatki i gospodarstwo. 2nd Edn Warsaw Vol. 4.
• Kremky, J. 1925. Neotropische Danaididen in der Sammlung des polnischen naturhistorischen Staatsmuseums in Warschau. Annales Zoologici Musei Polonici Historiae Naturelles 4(3): 141-275 9 pls 193 figs
• Lambkin, T.A. 2016. First Australian records of Euploea wallacei melia Fruhstorfer, 1904 and Euploea stephensii jamesi Butler, 1876 (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Danainae) from Dauan island, Torres Strait, Queensland, with notes on the aggregation habits of 'Euploea' Fabricius species near flowering mangroves. Australian Entomologist 43(2): 55–68
• Lane, D.A. & Moulds, M.S. 2015. An annotated list of hawkmoths and butterflies (Lepidoptera) from Hammond Island, Torres Strait. Australian Entomologist 42(1): 29-34
• Latreille, P.A. 1804. Tableau méthodique des insectes. pp. 129-200 in Société de Naturalistes et d'Agriculteurs, Nouveau dictionnaire d'histoire naturelle, appliquée aux arts, principalement à l'agriculture et à l'économie rurale et domestique. Tome XXIV. [Section 3:] tableaux méthodiques d'histoire naturelle. Déterville : Paris. pp. 84 + 4 + 85 + 238 + 18 + 34.
• Latreille, P.A. 1807. Eintheilung der Linnéischen Gattungen Papilio und Sphinx. Magazin für Insektenkunde (Illiger) 6: 290-295
• Latreille, P.A. 1809. Genera Crustaceorum et Insectorum secundum ordinem naturalem in familias disposita, iconibus exemplisque plurimus explicata. Parisiis et Argentorati : A. Koenig Vol. 4 399 pp.
• Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundem classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiae : Laurentii Salvii Vol. 1 10, 824 pp.
• Lushai, G., Zalucki, M.P., Smith, D.A.S., Goulson, D. & Daniels, G. 2005. The lesser wanderer butterfly, Danaus petilia (Stoll 1790) stat. rev. (Lepidoptera: Danainae), reinstated as a species. Australian Journal of Entomology 44: 6–14
• Macleay, W.S. 1826. Annulosa, Catalogue of Insects, collected by Captain King, R.N. app. B, pp. 438-469, Table B in King, P.P. (ed.). Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia. Performed between the years 1818 and 1822; with Appendix B. London : John Murray Vol. 2 viii 637 pp., 9 pls. [Date published 15 Apr 1826: imprint 1827] [Publication date established from Common, I.F.B. & Moulds, M.S. 1973. The date of publication of Captain Phillip King's Narrative of a survey of the intertropical and western coasts of Australia. Journal of the Society for the Bibliography of Natural History 6(4): 257–259]
• Malcolm, S.B. & Zalucki, M.P. (eds) 1993. The Biology of Conservation of the Monarch Butterfly. Los Angeles : Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County xii 419 pp.
• Meyer, C.E. 1995. Notes on the life history of Danaus genutia alexis (Waterhouse and Lyell) (Lepodoptera: Nymphalidae: Danainae). Australian Entomologist 22: 137-139
• Miller, L.D. & Brown, F.M. 1981. A Catalogue/Checklist of the Butterflies of America North of Mexico. Memoir No. 2. Florida : Lepidopterists' Society vii 280 pp.
• Miskin, W.H. 1891. A synonymical catalogue of the Lepidoptera Rhopalocera (Butterflies) of Australia with full bibliographical reference: including descriptions of some new species. Annals of the Queensland Museum 1: [i]-xx 1-[93] [i]-ix
• Moore, F. 1880. The Lepidoptera of Ceylon. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 1 pp. 1-40 pls 1-18. [issued 1880, dated 1880–1881]
• Moore, F. 1883. A monograph of Limnaina and Euploeina, two groups of diurnal Lepidoptera belonging to the subfamily Euploeinae; with descriptions of new genera and species. Part I. Limnaina. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1883(3): 201-252 pls 29-32 [publication date: Duncan, F.M. 1937. Dates of publication of the society's Proceedings, 1859–1926. With an appendix containing the dates of publication of "Proceedings" 1830–1858, compiled by the late F.H. Waterhouse, and of the "Transactions", 1833–1869, by the late Henry Peavot, originally published in P.Z.S. 1893, 1913. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London A 107: 71–84]
• Morishita, K. 1981. Danainae. pp. 441-623 in Tsukada, E. (ed.). Butterflies of the South East Asian Islands. Tokyo : Palpac Co. Vol. 2 623 pp.
• Parsons, M.J. 1998. The Butterflies of Papua New Guinea; their systematics and biology. San Diego : Academic Press 736 pp.
• Peters, J.V. 1971. A Catalogue of the Type Specimens of the Hesperioidea and Papilionoidea (Lepidoptera) in the Australian Museum. Greenwich, NSW : Australian Entomological Press 36 pp.
• Scheermeyer, E. 1993. Overwintering of three Australian danaines: Tirumala hamata hamata, Euploea tulliolus tulliolus, and E. core corinna. pp. 345-353 in Malcolm, S.B. & Zalucki, M.P. (eds). The Biology of Conservation of the Monarch Butterfly. Los Angeles : Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County xii 419 pp.
• Scheermeyer, E. 1999. The Crows, Euploea species with notes on the Blue Tiger, Tirumala hamata (Nymphalidae: Danainae). pp. 191-216 in Kitching, R.L., Scheermeyer, E., Jones, R.L. & Pierce, N.E. (eds). Biology of Australian Butterflies. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing xvi 395 pp.
• Stoll, C. in Cramer, P. 1790. Uitlandsche Kapellen. [Dutch title] or Papilions exotiques des trois parties du monde l'Asie, l'Afrique et l'Amérique. [French title]. Supplement. Amsterdam Baalde and Utrecht : Wild Pt (2) pp. 43–162 pls 9–26; Suppl. (3) p. 1. 43-162 pls 9-26 [dated 1775-1790]
• Stoll, C. in Cramer, P. 1790. Uitlandsche Kapellen. [Dutch title] or Papilions exotiques des trois parties du monde l'Asie, l'Afrique et l'Amérique. [French title]. Supplement. Amsterdam Baalde and Utrecht : Wild Pt (2) pp. 43–162 pls 9–26; Suppl. (3) p. 1. 43-162 pls 9-26 [dated 1775–1790]
• Strecker, F.H.H. 1900. Lepidoptera, Rhopaloceres and Heteroceres, indigenous and exotic; with descriptions and colored illustrations. Reading : Pennsylvania Suppl. 3 pp. 13–37.
• Urquhart, F.A. 1960. The Monarch Butterfly. Toronto : University of Toronto Press 361 pp.
• Waterhouse, G.A. 1932. What Butterfly is That? A Guide to the Butterflies of Australia. Illustrated by Neville Cayley. Sydney : Angus & Robertson 291 pp. 34 pls. [Date published 15/Dec/1932]
• Waterhouse, G.A. 1936. [unpublished personal manuscript of observations made at the BMNH (Papilionidae, Pieridae, Danainae)]. Photocopy located at ANIC, Canberra, ACT. 29 pp.
• Waterhouse, G.A. & Lyell, G. 1914. The Butterflies of Australia: a monograph of the Australian Rhopalocera introducing a complete scheme of structural classification, and giving descriptions and illustrations of all the butterflies found in Australia, including a number now recorded for the first time. Sydney : Angus & Robertson 239 pp. 38 pls + 3 unnumbered colour pls. [Date published 25 July 1914]
• Watkins, H.T.G. 1923. Notes on the butterflies of the Banks Collection. The Entomologist 56: 204-209
• Zalucki, M.P. 1999. The Lesser Wanderer, Danaus chrysippus with comparative notes on Danaus plexippus (Nymphalidae: Danainae). pp. 173-189 in Kitching, R.L., Scheermeyer, E., Jones, R.L. & Pierce, N.E. (eds). Biology of Australian Butterflies. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing xvi 395 pp.
• Zalucki, M.P. & Kitching, R.L. 1982. Dynamics of oviposition in Danaus plexippus (Insecta: Lepidoptera) on milkweed, Asclepias spp. Journal of Zoology, London 198: 103-116
• Zimsen, E. 1964. The Type Material of I.C. Fabricius. Copenhagen : Munksgaard 656 pp.

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