Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Danaus gilippus thersippus
Queen butterfly
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Superfamily
Papilionoidea
Family
Nymphalidae
Genus
Danaus
Species
gilippus
Subspecies
thersippus
Taxon category: Species with Infraspecific Taxa
Origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: San Cristóbal (Linsley, 1977), Baltra, Floreana, Isabela, Santa Cruz, Santiago, Seymour Norte, Rábida (Roque, 2004).
- Linsley, E.G. (1977) Insects of the Galápagos (Supplement). Occassional Papers of the Califoria Academy of Sciences 125: 1-50.
- Roque-Albelo, L. (2004) The butterflies (Papilionoidea, Hesperioidea) of the Galapagos islands, ecuador: distribution, hostplants and biology. Journal of the Lepidopterist Society
- Roque-Albelo, L. Landry, B. (2016) CDF Checklist of Galapagos Butterflies and Moths Charles Darwin Research Station, Puerto Ayora, Ecuador, 32 pp.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Danaus gilippus thersippus", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=7146. Accessed 31 October 2026.