Danis danis

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Kingdom Animalia Family Lycaenidae Genus Danis Order Butterflies and moths		Class Insecta Phylum Arthropoda Rank Species

Similar Butterflies and moths, Danis, Psychonotis, Nacaduba cyanea, Hypochrysops

Danis danis, the large green-banded blue, is a species of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. This species can be found in the Australia and New Guinea. Larva feed on Alphitonia excelsa.

Subspecies

D. d. danis - Ambon

D. d. serapis Miskin, 1891 - Australia: Cairns to Tully

D. d. syrius Miskin, 1890 - Australia: Cape York

D. d. apollonius (C. & R. Felder, 1865) - New Guinea

D. d. supous (Druce & Bethune-Baker, 1893) - Aru

D. d. triopus (de Nicéville, 1898) - Kai

D. d. hermes (Grose-Smith, 1894) - West Irian

D. d. zuleika (Grose-Smith, 1898) - Louisiades Archipelago

D. d. regina (Kirby, 1889) - D'Entrecasteaux Archipelago

D. d. lampros (Druce, 1897) - Trobriand Islands

D. d. karpaia (Druce & Bethune-Baker, 1893) - Serang

D. d. philocrates (Fruhstorfer, 1915) - Obi

D. d. panatius (Fruhstorfer, 1915) - Salawatti

D. d. sophron (Fruhstorfer, 1915) - Buru

D. d. herophilus (Fruhstorfer, 1915) - Waigeu

D. d. anaximenes (Fruhstorfer, 1915) - Kumusi

D. d. proedrus (Fruhstorfer, 1915) - Owgarra

D. d. philostratus (C. & R. Felder, 1865) - Bachan, Halmahera, Moratai, Ternate, Waigeu

D. d. dispar (Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1895) - Bismarck Archipelago

D. d. latifascia (Rothschild, 1915) - Admiralty Islands

References

Danis danis Wikipedia

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