Danaini

Danaini
	"Tiger butterflies" of genera Ideopsis (top), Danaus (lower center/left) and Parantica (others)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Subfamily:	Danainae
Tribe:	Danaini; Boisduval, 1833
Diversity
	2 subtribes, 11 extant genera

The Danaini are a tribe of brush-footed butterflies (family Nymphalidae). The tribe's type genus Danaus contains the well-known monarch butterfly (D. plexippus) and is also the type genus of the tribe's subfamily, the milkweed butterflies (Danainae).

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The Danaini do not have a fixed colloquial name for the entire tribe, but in particular for subtribe Danaina the term tiger butterflies is occasionally used in reference to the numerous species in several genera.

Classification

Subtribe Danaina Boisduval, [1833]^[2]

Amauris – clerics
Danaus – monarchs, queens and tigers
Ideopsis – glassy tigers, Southeast Asian tree- and wood-nymphs
Parantica – tigers
Tiradelphe – Schneider's surprise
Tirumala – blue tigers

Subtribe Euploeina Moore, [1880]

Anetia – anetias and false "fritillaries"
Euploea – crows
Idea – tree nymphs, paper butterflies
Lycorea – mimic queens
Protoploea – magpie butterfly

The fossil milkweed butterfly Archaeolycorea from the Oligocene or Miocene Tremembé Formation of Brazil is often assigned to this tribe, specifically the Euploeina. Whether this is correct is not entirely certain.