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Danainae Collection

Background imageDanainae Collection: Danaus chrysippus, plain tiger butterfly

Danaus chrysippus, plain tiger butterfly
Photograph of a specimen of a plain tiger butterfly collected from Southern Europe

Background imageDanainae Collection: Tirumala ishmoides ishmoides

Tirumala ishmoides ishmoides from Sulawezi, male, upper side. A butterfly specimen held in the Natural History Museums Entomology Collections

Background imageDanainae Collection: Danaidae sp. milkweed butterflies in mounts

Danaidae sp. milkweed butterflies in mounts
Folio 20 from a volume of Petiver insects depicting milkweed or monarch butterflies from the family (Danainae) preserved between sheets of mica

Background imageDanainae Collection: Danaus melanippus taimanu

Danaus melanippus taimanu from Sumba Island (Indonesia), male, upper side. A butterfly specimen held in the Natural History Museums Entomology Collections

Background imageDanainae Collection: Parantica dabrerai

Parantica dabrerai from Sulawezi, male, upper side. A butterfly specimen held in the Natural History Museums Entomology Collections

Background imageDanainae Collection: Danaus melanippus haruhasa

Danaus melanippus haruhasa from the Lesser Sunda Islands (Indonesia), male, upper side. A butterfly specimen held in the Natural History Museums Entomology Collections

Background imageDanainae Collection: Ideopsis juventa tawaya

Ideopsis juventa tawaya from Sulawezi, male, upper side. A butterfly specimen held in the Natural History Museums Entomology Collections

Background imageDanainae Collection: Danaus ismare alba

Danaus ismare alba from Sulawezi (Indonesia), male, upper side. A butterfly specimen held in the Natural History Museums Entomology Collections

Background imageDanainae Collection: Danaus gilippus, Queen butterfly

Danaus gilippus, Queen butterfly
Photograph of a mounted specimen of the Queen, which occurs on the Galapagos Islands

Background imageDanainae Collection: Papilio glaucus, Eastern tiger swallowtail

Papilio glaucus, Eastern tiger swallowtail
Plate from an album of unpublished watercolours of Lepidoptera by Eleazar Albin, 1720

Background imageDanainae Collection: Danaus plexippus, monarch butterfly

Danaus plexippus, monarch butterfly
The monarch, also known as the milkweed is the largest butterfly found in the U.K. It is not a native butterfly, but is a rare visitor from the U.S.A

Background imageDanainae Collection: Danaus plexippus, monarch caterpillar

Danaus plexippus, monarch caterpillar
The stripy caterpillar of the monarch butterfly feeding on a leaf. The monarch is the largest butterfly found in U.K but is not actually native


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