Danaus
| Number: | 7925.0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Author: | Kluk | |
| Family: | Nymphalidae | |
| Genus: | Danaus | |
| Journal: | Zwierz. Hist. nat. pocz. gospod. | |
| Year: | 1780 | |
| Homonym Count: | 3.0 | |
| Page: | 83 | |
| Ref Id: | 3223.0 | |
| Status: | Available name | |
| Subfamily: | Danainae | |
| Subtribe: | Danaina | |
| Superfamily: | Papilionoidea | |
| Tribe: | Danaini | |
| Volume: | 4 | |
| Type Country: | U.S.A. | |
| Type Depository: | (? Depository) | |
| Type Lectotyped: | International Commission in Opinion 282: 461 | |
| Type Locality: | Kendall | |
| Types: | Neotype | |
| Type Des Ref Id: | 2542.0 | |
| Type Des: | by subsequent designation by | |
| Type Des Author: | Hemming | |
| Type Des Year: | 1933 | |
| Type Des Journal: | Entomologist | |
| Type Des Title: | Entomologist / London | |
| Type Des Volume: | 66 | |
| Type Des Part: | (845) | |
| Type Des Page: | 222 | |
| Type Sp Author: | Linnaeus | |
| Type Sp Bhl Page: | http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/10277#page/492/mode/2up | |
| Type Sp Journal: | Systema Naturae | |
| Type Sp Page: | 471 | |
| Type Sp Series: | (Edn 10) | |
| Type Sp Volume: | 1 | |
| Type Sp Year: | 1758 | |
| Type Sp Ref Id: | 3527.0 | |
| Type Sp Genus: | Papilio | |
| Type Sp: | plexippus | |
| Memo Links: | ['http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/127039', 'http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/search?searchTerm=DANAUS', 'http://www.ucl.ac.uk/taxome/gbn/Lamas_Genera_04ii08.xls', 'http://butterfliesofamerica.com/L/t/Danaus_a.htm', 'http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nymphalidae'] | |
| Memo: | Hemming (1967) stated:- Both the generic name to be used for the nominal species Papilio plexippus Linnaeus, 1758, and also the interpretation of that nominal species were formerly the subject of much discussion and confusion. The first of these difficulties was put at rest when it was discovered that the various names bestowed upon this genus by Latreille were all later in date than the previously overlooked name Danaus Kluk, 1802. That name was placed by the Commission in its Opinion 278 (1954, Opin. int. Comm. zool. Nom. 6 : 135-178) on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology as Name No. 699. The difficulty of interpretation of the nominal species Papilio plexippus Linnaeus arose from the fact that when it was established in 1758, Linnaeus confused two entirely different species under this name. The first of these was the predominantly New World species known in North America as "The Monarch"; the second an Indo-Oriental species, of which specimens from Canton had been sent to Linnaeus by Osbeck. This second species was later given the name Papilio genutia. At the time when this matter was brought before the Commission the specific name plexippus Linnaeus had already been widely used for both the above species and was still commonly so employed. It was evident therefore that, whatever decision the Commission might take as to the interpretation of the Linnaean species, a different specific name would have to be employed in future for one or other of the two species concerned. After replies had been received to a widely distributed questionnaire issued by the Office of the Commission, it was decided that the balance of advantage lay in favour of the application of the name plexippus Linnaeus to the New World species known as "The Monarch". The Commission accordingly decided to use its Plenary Powers to secure this end. In order to obviate the risk of any further discussion on this matter the Commission decided to designate a neotype for the nominal species Papilio plexippus and to provide a figure of that neotype in the Opinion to be promulgated in this matter. As the species known as "The Monarch" possesses several recognized subspecies, particular care was taken by the Commission when selecting the specimen to be designated as the neotype, to select a specimen which had not only been taken in the United States but which also belonged to the subspecies normally found in that country, this precaution being necessary because the species concerned is extremely migratory and occasionally specimens of the subspecies occurring further south in America are taken in the United States. The specimen ultimately selected as the neotype was a male taken by H. S. Burnett at Kendall, New York State, which locality the Commission further decided to designate as the "Restricted Locality" of this species. The decisions described above were promulgated by the Commission in its Opinion 282 (1954, loc. cit. 6 : 225-268, 1 pl.). In the same Opinion the specific name plexippus Linnaeus, 1758, as published in the combination Papilio plexippus and as defined in the manner described above, was placed on the Official List of Specific Names in Zoology as Name No. III. DANAUS was included within the subfamily NYMPHALIDAE: DANAINAE by Dugdale et al., in Kristensen (1999). The higher classification used here follows Lamas (2008). See images at Butterflies of America. |
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