Danaini
{{Short description|Tribe of butterflies}}
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| image = Lepidoptera2ButlerPZSL1866.jpg
| image_caption = "Tiger butterflies" of genera Ideopsis (top), Danaus (lower center/left) and Parantica (others)
| taxon = Danaini
| authority = Boisduval, 1833{{ITIS|taxon=Danaini|id=694210|accessdate=26 October 2017}}
| diversity_link = #Classification
| diversity = 2 subtribes, 11 extant genera
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The Danaini are a tribe of brush-footed butterflies (family Nymphalidae). The tribe's type genus Danaus contains the well-known monarch butterfly (D. plexippus) and is also the type genus of the tribe's subfamily, the milkweed butterflies (Danainae).
The Danaini do not have a fixed colloquial name for the entire tribe, but in particular for subtribe Danaina the term tiger butterflies is occasionally used in reference to the numerous species in several genera.
Classification
Subtribe Danaina Boisduval, [1833]{{ITIS|taxon=Danaina|id=777497|accessdate=26 October 2017}}
- Amauris – clerics
- Danaus – monarchs, queens and tigers
- Ideopsis – glassy tigers, Southeast Asian tree- and wood-nymphs
- Parantica – tigers
- Tiradelphe – Schneider's surprise
- Tirumala – blue tigers
Subtribe Euploeina Moore, [1880]
- Anetia – anetias and false "fritillaries"
- Euploea – crows
- Idea – tree nymphs, paper butterflies
- Lycorea – mimic queens
- Protoploea – magpie butterfly
The fossil milkweed butterfly Archaeolycorea from the Oligocene or Miocene Tremembé Formation of Brazil is often assigned to this tribe, specifically the Euploeina. Whether this is correct is not entirely certain.
File:Friar (Amauris niavius) underside.jpg|Friar, genus Amauris
File:Danaus plexippus 01.jpg|Monarch, genus Danaus
File:Ideopsis vitrea vitrea? (8411821722).jpg|Wood nymph, genus Ideopsis
File:Close wing nectaring position of Parantica sita (Kollar, -1844-) – Chestnut Tiger.jpg|Chestnut tiger, genus Parantica
File:Tirumala limniace 04180.JPG|Blue tiger, genus Tirumala
File:Anetia thirza thirza 91172882.jpg|Cloud-forest monarch, genus Anetia
File:Euploea mulciber mulciber bytreef.jpg|Striped blue crow, genus Euploea
File:2014-05-01 15-51-53-Idea-leuconoe-hunawihr.jpg|Rice paper butterfly, genus Idea
File:Tropical Milkweed Butterfly (Lycorea halia) (14879890593).jpg|Tropical milkweed butterfly, genus Lycorea
References
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External links
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- [http://ftp.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/nymphalidae/danainae/ "Danainae Boisduval, [1833]"] at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- [http://tolweb.org/Danaini/27571 Danaini at Tree of Life]
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Category:Taxa named by Jean Baptiste Boisduval
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