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Tiger Milkweed Butterflies
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Tiger Milkweed Butterflies

Danaus

Danaus, commonly called tigers, milkweeds, monarchs, wanderers, and queens, is a genus of butterflies in the tiger butterfly tribe. They are found worldwide, including North America, South America, Africa, Asia, Indonesia and Australia. For other tigers see the genus, Parantica.

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11 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Monarch

speciesDanaus plexippus

Queen

speciesDanaus gilippus

Plain Tiger Butterfly

speciesDanaus chrysippus

Common Tiger Butterfly

speciesDanaus genutia

Southern Monarch

speciesDanaus erippus

Soldier

speciesDanaus eresimus

Lesser Wanderer

speciesDanaus petilia

Swamp Tiger Butterfly

speciesDanaus affinis

White Tiger Butterfly

speciesDanaus melanippus

Ismare Tiger Butterfly

speciesDanaus ismare

Caribbean Queen

speciesDanaus cleophile

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 48663.