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Danaus gilippus thersippus (Bates, 1863)

Queen butterfly

Taxonomy

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

Distribution

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

References

  • Roque-Albelo, L. Landry, B. (2016) CDF Checklist of Galapagos Butterflies and Moths Charles Darwin Research Station, Puerto Ayora, Ecuador, 32 pp.
  • Linsley, E.G. (1977) Insects of the Galápagos (Supplement). Occassional Papers of the Califoria Academy of Sciences 125: 1-50.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Danaus gilippus thersippus", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=7146. Accessed 26 June 2025.