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Danaus chrysippus, also known as the plain tiger, [1] [2] African queen, [2] or African monarch, is a medium-sized butterfly widespread in Asia, Australia and Africa. [2] It belongs to the Danainae subfamily of the brush-footed butterfly family Nymphalidae .
This genus was formerly split into the subgenera Danaus, Salatura, and Anosia, but this arrangement has been abolished.While the first (the 2–3 monarch butterflies) and Salatura (species ismare, genutia, affinis, and melanippus) do indeed seem to be clades, the relationship of these to the other species, especially the puzzling D. dorippus, is not clear.
Danaus dorippus was formerly regarded as a subspecies of Danaus chrysippus, the plain tiger or African monarch.It is now regarded as a distinct species. It appears (from analysis of mtDNA sequences, which are only inherited from the mother) that the dorippus tiger is the product of an ancient lineage of Danaus hybridizing with plain tiger females. [2]
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Danaus chrysippus, also known as the plain tiger or the African queen, belongs to the subfamily Danainae of the brush-footed butterfly family Nymphalidae. Its range extends across Africa and the majority of the Asian continent, as well as many South Pacific islands and some populations in Australia.
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