Genus Danaus Kluk, 1802
Type species:
Papilio plexippus Linnaeus, 1758 by subsequent designation, see Hemming, F. 1933. Additional notes on the types of certain butterfly genera. The Entomologist 66: 222-225 [222].- Danaus 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. [201] [junior homonym and junior objective synonym of Danaus Kluk, 1802].
Type species:
Papilio plexippus Linnaeus, 1758 by subsequent designation, see Scudder, S.H. 1872. A systematic revision of some of the North American butterflies; with brief notes on those known to occur in Essex County, Mass. 4th Annual Report of the Trustees of the Peabody Museum. 1871. 24-82 pp. [28]; Hemming, F. 1933. Additional notes on the types of certain butterfly genera. The Entomologist 66: 222-225 [222]. - Danaida 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. [185, 199] [junior objective synonym of Danaus Kluk, 1802].
Type species:
Papilio plexippus Linnaeus, 1758 by monotypy. - Danais Latreille, P.A. 1807. Eintheilung der Linnéischen Gattungen Papilio und Sphinx. Magazin für Insektenkunde (Illiger) 6: 290-295 [291] [junior objective synonym of Danaus Kluk, 1802].
Type species:
Papilio plexippus Linnaeus, 1758 by monotypy. Type species:
Papilio gilippus Cramer, 1775 by subsequent designation, see Scudder, S.H. 1875. Historical sketch of the generic names proposed for butterflies. A contribution to systematic nomenclature. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 10: 91-293 [113]; Hemming, F. 1967. The generic names of the butterflies and their type-species (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology Suppl. 9: 1-509 [45] (discussed selection of the type species).- Festivus Crotch, M.A. 1872. On the generic nomenclature of Lepidoptera. Cistula Entomologica 1(3): 59-71, 91-92 [62] [junior objective synonym of Danaus Kluk, 1802].
Type species:
Papilio plexippus Linnaeus, 1758 by original designation. - Salatura Moore, F. 1880. The Lepidoptera of Ceylon. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 1 pp. 1-40 pls 1-18. [issued 1880, dated 1880–1881] [5].
Type species:
Papilio genutia Cramer, 1779 by original designation. - Nasuma 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] [233].
Type species:
Papilio ismare Cramer, 1780 by monotypy. - Tasitia 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] [235] [junior objective synonym of Anosia Hübner, 1816].
Type species:
Papilio gilippus Cramer, 1775 by original designation. - Danaomorpha 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 [164, 167] [introduced on p. 164, further described on p. 167; junior objective synonym of Anosia Hübner, 1816].
Type species:
Papilio gilippus Cramer, 1775 by monotypy. - Panlymnas Bryk, F. 1937. Family Danainae. Lepidopterorum Catalogus. Pt 78 pp. 1–432; Corrigenda Pt 80 pp. 641–642. [56] [first made available as a subgenus of Danaus Kluk, 1802; a replacement name for Limnas Hübner, [1806] (Tentamen); Limnas Hübner, [1806] (Tentamen) was suppressed by the ICZN and listed on the Official Index of Rejected and Invalid Generic Names in Zoology as Name No. 78, International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1954. Opinion 278. Addition to the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology of the names of the genera of the sub-order Rhopalocera of the Order Lepidoptera (Class Insecta) species of which were cited in the Tentamen, prepared by Jacob Hübner, which is believed to have been distributed to correspondents in 1806, a leaflet rejected in Opinion 97. Opinions and Declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 6(10): 135–178 [137]; Limnas Hübner, 1806 (Zutrage) is in the Riodininae].
Type species:
Papilio chrysippus Linnaeus, 1758 by indication. - Diogas 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 [41].
Type species:
Papilio erippus Cramer, 1775 by original designation.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
Distribution
States
Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
IBRA
ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)
Other Regions
Lord Howe Island terrestrial & freshwater, Norfolk Island terrestrial & freshwater, Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater
Original AFD Distribution Data
Afrotropical Region
Australian Region
- Australia
- Australian Capital Territory
- Lord Howe Island
- New South Wales: Bulloo River basin, Lake Eyre basin, Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
- Norfolk Island
- Northern Territory: Lake Eyre basin, N Gulf, N coastal, W plateau
- Queensland: Bulloo River basin, Lake Eyre basin, Murray-Darling basin, N Gulf, NE coastal
- South Australia: Lake Eyre basin, Murray-Darling basin, S Gulfs, SE coastal, W plateau
- Tasmania
- Victoria: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
- Western Australia: N coastal, NW coastal, SW coastal, W plateau
- Fiji
- Indonesia
- Irian Jaya
- Maluku
- New Caledonia
- New Zealand
- Papua New Guinea
- Solomon Islands
- Vanuatu
Nearctic Region
Neotropical Region
Oriental Region
- Malaysia
- Philippines
- Thailand
Palaearctic Region
General References
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] [267] (Danaus Kluk, 1802 and Anosia Hübner, [1816] treated as subgenera)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 05-Mar-2013 | 05-Mar-2013 | MODIFIED | ||
| 30-Mar-2012 | 30-Mar-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 05-Apr-2011 | MOVED |