Danaus Chryspissus

Sub-family

Danainae

 

Geographical Distribution

Africa, South Asia, Autralia

 

Wingspan (from one wing to the other)

6-8 cm

 

Host plants

Apocynaceae, Periplocaceae

 

Similar species

Danaus plexippus, Danaus gilippus, Hypolimnas misippus

 

English name

African monarch

 

Class

Insecta

 

Order

Lepidoptera

 

 

Family

Lymantriidae

 

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