| Danaus | |
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| Male Danaus chrysippus | |
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| Danaus plexippus and Danaus gilippus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Subtribe: | Danaina |
| Genus: | Danaus Kluk, 1802 |
| Type species | |
| Papilio plexippus[1] | |
| Species | |
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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.
- ^ Hemming, Francis, ed. (1950). "The Official Record of Proceedings of the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature at its Session held in Paris in July 1948: Conclusion of Fourteenth Meeting (second instalment)". The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature. 4 (16–18): 494.