What is Danaus (genus)?
{{Taxobox | name = ''Danaus'' | image = Plain tiger m up.JPG | image_caption = Plain Tiger (''[[Danaus chrysippus]]'') | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | phylum = [[Arthropod]]a | classis = [[Insect]]a | ordo = [[Lepidoptera]] | superfamilia = [[Papilionoidea]] | familia = [[Nymphalidae]] | subfamilia = [[Danainae]] | tribus = [[Danaini]] | genus = '''''Danaus''''' | genus_authority = ([[Jan Krzysztof Kluk|Kluk]], 1780) | subdivision_ranks = [[Species]] | subdivision = see text. }} '''''Danaus''''' is a [[genus]] of [[butterfly|butterflies]]. ''Danaus'' is in the [[Family (biology)|family]] [[Nymphalidae]]. [[Species]] in this genus are commonly known as '''Tigers''' or '''Monarchs'''. ==Species== * ''[[Danaus affinis]]'' <small>Fabricius, 1775</small> - Malay Tiger * ''[[Danaus chrysippus]]'' <small>Linnaeus, 1758</small> Plain Tiger * ''[[Danaus cleophile]]'' <small>Godart, 1819</small> - Jamaican Monarch * ''[[Danaus eresimus]]'' <small>Cramer, 1777</small> - Soldier * ''[[Danaus erippus]]'' <small>Cramer, 1775</small> - Southern Monarch * ''[[Danaus genutia]]'' <small>Cramer, 1779</small> - Common Tiger * ''[[Danaus gilippus]]'' <small>Cramer, 1775</small> - Queen * ''[[Danaus ismare]]'' <small>Cramer, 1780</small> - Ismare Tiger * ''[[Danaus melanippus]]'' <small>Cramer, 1777</small> - White Tiger * ''[[Danaus plexippus]]'' <small>Linnaeus, 1758</small> - Monarch. ==Other websites== {{commonscat|Danaus}} {{wikispecies|Danaus}} [http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/nymphalidae/danainae/danaus/index.html ''Danaus'' at www.funet.fi] {{biology-stub}} [[Category:Danaus|*]]