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Subfamily Danainae - Milkweed Butterflies & Glasswings

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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Papilionoidea (Butterflies and Skippers)
Family Nymphalidae (Brush-footed Butterflies)
Subfamily Danainae (Milkweed Butterflies & Glasswings)
Numbers
300 species worlwide, most in Africa and Asia.
Food
Milkweeds.
Internet References
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danainae
Contributed by Joel Kits on 10 March, 2005 - 10:42pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, David Ferguson
Last updated 27 September, 2012 - 5:16pm

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