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Nymphalidae
77a0706 – 4614   Danaus plexippus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Distribution Data for Danaus plexippus
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Synonymy: • Papilio Danaus plexippus Linnaeus, 1758
• Danais erippus of authors not Cramer, 1775
• Danais menippe of authors not Hόbner, 1816
• Danaus alba Scott, 1981
• Danaus americanus Gunder, 1927
• Papilio archippus Fabricius, 1793
• Euploea asclepiadis Fabricius, 1938
• Danaus curassavicae Bryk, 1937
• Euploea curassavicae Fabricius, 1938
• Danais fumosus Hulst, 1886
• Papilio misippiformis Meuschen, 1781
• Danaus nivosus Gunder, 1927
• Danais pulchra Strecker, 1900
• Danais nigrippus Haensch, 1909
References
Danaus plexippus
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