Danaus, Kluk, 1802

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

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2005.00169.x
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scientific name	Danaus
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DANAUS View in CoL DORIPPUS (KLUG, 1845) STAT. REV.

Polytypic species with two subspecies.

Euploea dorippus Klug, 1845 .

Limnas dorippus (Klug) ; Moore, 1883.

Danaus chrysippus View in CoL (L.) aegyptius ( Schreber, 1759) f. dorippus (Klug) ; Talbot, 1943.

Danaus (Anosia) chrysippus View in CoL (L.) f. dorippus (Klug) ; A & V-W, 1984.

ssp. dorippus ( Linnaeus, 1758) stat. nov.

Type locality: Sudan, ‘ Dongala, Ambukohl’. Range : Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Sudan, Ethiopia, Arabia , Iran, Pakistan (Baluchistan), India ( Sind , Kutch ) .

ssp. bataviana s.l. ( Moore, 1883) stat. rev.

Type locality: Java. (= alcippoides Moore, 1883 ; heterotypic synonym; = bowringi Moore, 1883 ; junior synonym by pagination).

Limnas bataviana ; Moore, 1883.

Danaus chrysippus View in CoL (L.) bataviana ( Moore, 1883) ; Talbot, 1943; A & V-W,1984.

There are four colour forms: (1) f. alcippoides (Moore) , Malay Peninsula south of Penang, Sumatra and surrounding small islands; (2) f. bataviana s.s., Java and Greater Sunda Islands east to Flores; (3) f. gelderi (Snellen) from Sulawezi, is now rare and largely replaced by bataviana s.s. ( Morishita, 1985); (4) f. bowringi (Moore) stat. nov. occurs throughout the range of bataviana s.l. as a morph.

cratippus (C. & R. Felder, 1860), originally described as a species, is currently a subspecies of D. chrysippus ( Talbot, 1943) View in CoL , but now of doubtful affinity; mtDNA data would be especially valuable (see above). With a colour pattern and geographical range intermediate between D. dorippus bataviana and D. petilia View in CoL , it will probably be shown to be a subspecies of one of them, rather than of D. chrysippus View in CoL .