Danaus

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Danaus m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Nymphalidae – called tigers, milkweeds, monarchs, wanderers, and queens.
2. A taxonomic subgenus within the family Nymphalidae – Danaus (Danaus), that includes Danaus plexippus.

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda – subphylum; Insecta – class; Pterygota – subclass; Neoptera – infraclass; Lepidoptera – order; Glossata - suborder; Heteroneura - infraorder; Ditrysia - division; Cossina - section; Bombycina - subsection; Papilionoidea - superfamily; Papilioniformes - series; Nymphalidae - family; Danainae - subfamily; Danaini - tribe; Danaina - subtribe

• (genus): Danaus plexippus (monarch butterfly) - type species; Danaus affinis (Malay tiger), Danaus chrysippus (African monarch, common tiger), Danaus cleophile (Jamaican monarch), Danaus dorippus (dorippus tiger), Danaus eresimus tropical queen), Danaus erippus (southern monarch), Danaus genutia (common tiger, Indian monarch), Danaus gilippus (queen), Danaus hamata (syn. of Tirumala hamata, blue tiger), Danaus ismare (Ismare tiger), Danaus melanippus (white tiger), Danaus petilia (lesser wanderer) - other species

• Danaus (genus) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Danaus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
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• Danaus at AnimalBase
• Danaus at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Danaus at Encyclopedia of Life
• Danaus at National Center for Biotechnology Information

From Latin Danaus, from Ancient Greek Δᾰνᾰός (Danaós).

• IPA^(key): /ˈdæn.eɪ.əs/

Danaus

1. (Greek mythology) a mythical Egyptian king who founded Argos

From Ancient Greek Δᾰνᾰός (Danaós).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈda.na.us/, [ˈd̪änäʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈda.na.us/, [ˈd̪äːnäus]

Danaus m sg (genitive Danaī); second declension

1. Danaus, a mythical Egyptian king who founded Argos

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Danaus (feminine Danaa, neuter Danaum); first/second-declension adjective

1. belonging to Danaus
2. related to the Argives
3. Greek, Grecian

First/second-declension adjective.

• Danaī
• Danaidae
• Danaides

• English: Danaus
• French: Danaüs

• “Dănăus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Dǎnǎus 1 Dǎnǎus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Dǎnǎus 2 Dǎnǎus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Danaus¹ ~ī” on page 532/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (2nd ed., 2012)
• “Danaus² ~a, ~um” on page 532/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (2nd ed., 2012)

• Danaus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia