Species name	Danaus chrysippus (Linnaeus, 1758) カバマダラ Plain tiger, African monarch
Taxonomy	Papilio chrysippus Linnaeus, 1758.  Systema Naturae 1, Regnum Animale, 10th edition: 471 (824  pp.).  Holmiae. Type locality: [China, Canton]: “Aegyptus, America”. [False locality; see Corbet, 1949.]
Subspecies	(a) Danaus chrysippus chrysippus. Distribution - Asia, Mediterranean region, northern tropical Africa (b)Danaus chrysippus alcippus (Cramer, 1777) - formerly D. c. aegyptius. Morphology - Browner with broader white forewing spots. Distribution - From the Cape Verde Islands through tropical Africa to Yemen and Oman. (c) Danaus chrysippus orientis (Aurivillius, 1909) - formerly D. c. liboria. Morphology - Small white forewing spots. Distribution - Saint Helena, southern tropical Africa to South Africa, Madagascar, Comoros, Seychelles and Mascarenes. D. c. alcippus is close to becoming a distinct species."
Distribution	widespread in Asia and Africa
Distribution Map
Biology	Host plants: most importantly Asclepiadoideae (Apocynaceae):Asclepias ? milkweeds (recorded on A.cancellata, A. coarctata, A. curassavica, A. fulva, A. kaessneri, A. lineolata, A. physocarpa, A. reflexa, A. scabrifolia, A. semilunata, A. stenophylla, A. swynnertonii, A.syriaca)
Nigeria
China Yunnan
China Yunnan
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