Danaus chrysippus Smith & Lushai & Allen, 2005

Smith, David A. S., Lushai, Gugs & Allen, John A., 2005, A classification of Danaus butterflies (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) based upon data from morphology and DNA, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 144 (2), pp. 191-212 : 205-206

DANAUS CHRYSIPPUS ( LINNAEUS, 1758) COMB. NOV.

Polytypic species (A & V-W) with three subspecies.

ssp. chrysippus ( Linnaeus, 1758) comb. nov.

(= aegyptius Schreber, 1759 ; junior heterotypic synonym, Lushai et al., 2005a). Type locality: China , Canton. Range: China, Taiwan, Japan , Indo-China, Philippines , Borneo, Malay Peninsula (Kedah & Langkawi I), Thailand, Burma, India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Palestine, Lebanon, Turkey, Cyprus, Malta, Greece, Italy, Spain, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco , Canary Is., Arabia, Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Congo Republic .

ssp. alcippus (Cramer, 1777)

Type locality: Sierra Leone , ‘ Côte de Guinée , Sierra Leona’ . Range: Cape Verde Is. , West Africa from Senegal east to Cameroun, Macias Nguema (Fernando Po), Central African Republic, Uganda, Sudan, Congo Republic, Ethiopia, Yemen, Oman, Kenya, Tanzania .

ssp. orientis ( Aurivillius, 1909) comb. nov.

(= liboria Hulstaert, 1931, junior heterotypic synonym, Lushai et al., 2005a). Type localities: Comoro Is. , Malagasy Republic, Seychelles including Aldabra. Range: Seychelles, Mauritius, Bourbon, Rodriguez, Nossé-Bé, La Réunion, Comoro Is., Madagascar, South Africa, St. Helena, Moçambique, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi, Tanzania, Angola, Congo Republic, Gabon, Uganda.