Danis (butterfly) explained

Danis is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The species of this genus are found in the Australasian realm.

Species

• Danis absyrtus Felder & Felder 1859
• Danis albomarginata Rothschild, 1915 Misol
  • Danis albostrigata Bethune-Baker, 1908 New Guinea Danis anaximens Fruhstorfer, 1907 Kumusi River New Guinea
• Danis annamensis Fruhstorfer, 1903
• Danis aryanus Grose-Smith, 1895 Halmahera
• Danis athanetus Danis melimnos ssp. athanetus Fruhstorfer, 1915 New Guinea
• Danis beata Röber, 1926^[1] New Guinea
• Danis caelinus Grose-Smith
• Danis caesius Grose-Smith, 1894 New Guinea
• Danis caledonica Felder and Felder, 1865
• Danis carissima Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1895 Watter and Pura (Philippines?)
• Danis coelinus Grose-Smith, 1898 Fergusson Island
• Danis concolor
• Danis coroneia Fruhstorfer, 1915 New Hannover
• Danis danis
• Danis dispar Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1895 New Britain
• Danis dissimilis Joicey & Talbot, 1916^[2] Schouten Islands
• Danis drucei
• Danis ekeikei Bethune-Baker, 1908 New Guinea
• Danis esme Grose-Smith, 1894 New Britain
• Danis glaucopis Grose-Smith, 1894
• Danis hamilcar Grose-Smith, 1894 New Britain
• Danis hanno Grose-Smith, 1894 New Britain
• Danis helga Grose-Smith, 1898 Jobi
• Danis hengis Grose-Smith, 1897 New Guinea
• Danis hermes Grose-Smith, 1894 New Guinea
• Danis hermogenes = Danis wallacei ssp. hermogenes Fruhstorfer, 1915
• Danis herophilus = Danis danis ssp. herophilus Fruhstorfer, 1915 Waigeu
• Danis horsa Grose-Smith, 1898 Ron Island Geelvink Channel
• Danis intermedius Röber
• Danis irregularis Ribbe, 1899
• Danis karpaia Druce
• Danis lampros Druce, 1897 Trobriand Islands
• Danis lamprosides Grose-Smith, 1898 Trobriand Islands
• Danis latifascia = Danis danis latifascia (Rothschild, 1915) Admiralty Islands
• Danis lona Röber, 1927^[3] Waigeu
• Danis lygia
• Danis mamberanano Joicey & Talbot, 1916^[4] New Guinea (River Mamberano, Dutch New Guinea)
• Danis manto Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1896 New Guinea
• Danis melimnos H. H. Druce and Bethune-Baker, 1893
• Danis metrophanes = Danis wallacei ssp. metrophanes Fruhstorfer, 1915 New Guinea
• Danis moutoni = Danis hanno ssp. moutoni Ribbe, 1899
• Danis occidentalis = Danis danis occidentalis (Röber, 1926)
• Danis olga Grose-Smith, 1808 New Guinea
• Danis oribasius = Danis perpheres ssp. oribastus Fruhstorfer, 1915
• Danis panatius = Danis danis ssp. panatius Fruhstorfer, 1915
• Danis peri Grose-Smith, 1894 New Guinea
• Danis philocrates = Danis danis ssp. philocrates Fruhstorfer, 1915 Obi Islands
• Danis phoibides = Danis danis ssp. phoibides Fruhstorfer, 1915 Mefor
• Danis phroso Grose-Smith, 1897 New Guinea
  • Danis piepersi Snellen, 1878 Celebes, Banggai Islands, Sula Islands Danis plateni Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1896 Waigeu
• Danis plotinus Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1896
• Danis proedrus = Danis danis ssp. proedrus Fruhstorfer, 1915
• Danis pseudochrania Röber
• Danis pseudochromia = Danis hamilcar ssp. pseudochromia Ribbe, 1899 = Nacaduba cyanea hamilcar Grose-Smith, 1894
• Danis regalis
  • Danis reverdini Fruhstorfer, 1915 Cape York Peninsula Danis rosselana Bethune-Baker, 1908 Rossel Island
• Danis sakitatus = Danis piepersi ssp. sakitatus Ribbe, 1926 Celebes
• Danis salamandri Semper
• Danis scarpheia = Danis melimnos ssp. scarpheia Fruhstorfer, 1915
• Danis schaeffera (Eschscholtz, 1821)
• Danis sebae
• Danis smaragdus Grose-Smith
• Danis sophron = Danis danis ssp. sophron Fruhstorfer, 1915 Buru
• Danis soranus = Danis schaeffera ssp. soranus Fruhstorfer, 1915 Halmahera
• Danis stephani Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1896
• Danis subsuleima Strand, 1929 = Danis danis ssp. latifascia Rothschild, 1915
• Danis suleima Grose-Smith, 1898 = Danis danis suleima (Grose-Smith) Louisiade Archipelago
• Danis supous Druce & Bethune-Baker, 1893 Aru Islands
• Danis thinophilus = Dani danis ssp. thinophilus Toxopeus, 1930
• Danis triopus de Nicéville, 1898 Kai Islands
• Danis valestinax = Danis peri ssp. valestinax Fruhstorfer, 1915 = Perpheres perpheres valestinax Fruhstorfer, 1915 New Guinea
• Danis wallacei
• Danis vidua Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1895 Waigeu
• Danis wollastoni Rothschild, 1917^[5] New Guinea
• Danis zainis = Danis wallacei ssp. zainis Fruhstorfer, 1915 New Guinea
• Danis zuleika Grose-Smith, 1898 Louisiade Archipelago

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External links

• Henley Grose-Smith publications

Notes and References

1. Ent. Mitt. 15 (5/6): 377
2. 1916 Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1916 (1) : 76, pl. 3, f. 7 ♂, 8 ♀
3. Int. ent. Zs. 21 (14): 105
4. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) 17 (97) : 82
5. Rothschild & Durrant, Lep. B.O.U. Exp. New Guinea : 31
6. http://www.catalogueoflife.org/col/search/all/key/danis/match/1 Catalogue of Life
7. http://ftp.funet.fi/index/Tree_of_life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/lycaenidae/polyommatinae/danis/index.html Danis