Nymphalidae Danainae Charaxes jasius Danaus (Danaus) plexippus
Danaus (Anosia) chrysippus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Plain Tiger

Genus: Danaus Kluk, 1780   Subgenus: Anosia Hübner, [1816]   Original genus: Papilio Linnaeus, 1758

D. (Anosia) chrysippus (© Paolo Mazzei)
Adult, Sicily, Italy, December 9, 2007
(Photo by Paolo Mazzei)
D. (Anosia) chrysippus (© Paolo Mazzei)
Adult, Loutsa (Parga), Greece, June 1997
(Photo by Paolo Mazzei)
D. (Anosia) chrysippus (© Michel Tarrier)
Adult, Taroudannt, Souss, Morocco
(Photo by Michel Tarrier, Les Papillons, mémoire vive du Maroc)
D. (Anosia) chrysippus (© Michel Tarrier)
Adult, Taroudannt, Souss, Morocco
(Photo by Michel Tarrier, Les Papillons, mémoire vive du Maroc)
D. (Anosia) chrysippus (© Federico Martínez Gaude)
Larva, Cieza, Spain, August 27, 2004. Found on Cynanchum acutum
(Photo by Federico Martínez Gaude)
D. (Anosia) chrysippus (© Philippe Mothiron)
Larva, Aigio, Peloponnesos, Greece, October 27, 2004
(Photo by Philippe Mothiron, Les Carnets du Lépidoptériste Français)
D. (Anosia) chrysippus (© Philippe Mothiron)
Larva (second instar), Aigio, Peloponnesos, Greece, October 27, 2004
(Photo by Philippe Mothiron, Les Carnets du Lépidoptériste Français)
D. (Anosia) chrysippus (© Philippe Mothiron)
Larva (fourth instar), Aigio, Peloponnesos, Greece, October 27, 2004
(Photo by Philippe Mothiron, Les Carnets du Lépidoptériste Français)
D. (Anosia) chrysippus (© Philippe Mothiron)
Pupa, Aigio, Peloponnesos, Greece, October 27, 2004
(Photo by Philippe Mothiron, Les Carnets du Lépidoptériste Français)
D. (Anosia) chrysippus (© Philippe Mothiron)
Egg, Aigio, Peloponnesos, Greece, October 27, 2004
(Photo by Philippe Mothiron, Les Carnets du Lépidoptériste Français)
Video by Rob de Jong

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Foodplants:
Asclepias curassavica, Calotropis procera, Cynanchum acutum

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