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Plain Tiger

Scientific name: Danaus chrysippus

Officially approvedEntity code: ENT-0022Males and females look different

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金斑蝶
سادہ ٹائیگر تتلی
সাদামাটা বাঘা প্রজাপতি
Afrikanischer Monarch
Plain Tiger
Mariposa monarca africana
پروانه ببری ساده
Petit monarque
सादा बाघ तितली
Kupu-kupu harimau polos
Rama-rama harimau biasa
Borboleta-monarca-africana
Данаида хризипп
Sade kaplan kelebeği

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1Royal Commission for AlUla — Invertebrates of AlUla (Arabic field guide)SRC-070
2Smith et al. 2019 — Neo Sex Chromosomes, Colour Polymorphism and Male-Killing in the African Queen Butterfly, Danaus chrysippusSRC-152
3Truyol-Henares et al. 2021 — First record of a bilateral gynandromorph of Danaus chrysippus from MallorcaSRC-148
4Golestaneh et al. 2009 — The life cycle of Danaus chrysippus on Calotropis procera in Bushehr, IranSRC-153
5Catalogue of LifeSRC-001
6GBIF Backbone TaxonomySRC-002
7National Parks Board Singapore — Danaus chrysippus chrysippus (species account)SRC-NAM-20261009-NPARKS
8James Cook University — Discover Nature: Danaus chrysippusSRC-NAM-20261009-JCU
9Genome assembly of Danaus chrysippus and comparison with the Monarch Danaus plexippus (G3 Genes|Genomes|Genetics 12(3): jkab449)SRC-380
10Morphological Characterization of the Antenna and Scent Patch of Three Danaus Species (Insects 15(2): 121)SRC-381
11Whole-chromosome hitchhiking driven by a male-killing endosymbiont (PLOS Biology 18(2): e3000610)SRC-382

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Approved version OWNER-REVIEW-20260927T024748816 · last approved 27 September 2026

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The scientific name of the plain tiger is Danaus chrysippus.

SRC-070 · SRC-001 · SRC-002

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1Royal Commission for AlUla — Invertebrates of AlUla (Arabic field guide)SRC-070
5Catalogue of LifeSRC-001
6GBIF Backbone TaxonomySRC-002

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