Danaus
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Danaus plexippus (monarch butterfly)
See also: Danaüs
Translingual
Etymology
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Proper noun
Danaus m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Nymphalidae – called tigers, milkweeds, monarchs, wanderers, and queens.
- A taxonomic subgenus within the family Nymphalidae – Danaus (Danaus), that includes Danaus plexippus.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda – subphylum; Insecta – class; Pterygota – subclass; Neoptera – infraclass; Lepidoptera – order; Glossata - suborder; Heteroneura - infraorder; Ditrysia - division; Cossina - section; Bombycina - subsection; Papilionoidea - superfamily; Papilioniformes - series; Nymphalidae - family; Danainae - subfamily; Danaini - tribe; Danaina - subtribe
Hyponyms
- (genus): Danaus plexippus (monarch butterfly) - type species; Danaus affinis (Malay tiger), Danaus chrysippus (African monarch, common tiger), Danaus cleophile (Jamaican monarch), Danaus dorippus (dorippus tiger), Danaus eresimus tropical queen), Danaus erippus (southern monarch), Danaus genutia (common tiger, Indian monarch), Danaus gilippus (queen), Danaus hamata (syn. of Tirumala hamata, blue tiger), Danaus ismare (Ismare tiger), Danaus melanippus (white tiger), Danaus petilia (lesser wanderer) - other species
References
Danaus (genus) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Danaus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Danaus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Danaus at AnimalBase
- Danaus at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Danaus at Encyclopedia of Life
- Danaus at National Center for Biotechnology Information
English
Etymology
From Latin Danaus, from Ancient Greek Δᾰνᾰός (Danaós).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Danaus
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Δᾰνᾰός (Danaós).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Danaus m sg (genitive Danaī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Danaus |
| Genitive | Danaī |
| Dative | Danaō |
| Accusative | Danaum |
| Ablative | Danaō |
| Vocative | Danae |
Adjective
Danaus (feminine Danaa, neuter Danaum); first/second-declension adjective
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | Danaus | Danaa | Danaum | Danaī | Danaae | Danaa | |
| Genitive | Danaī | Danaae | Danaī | Danaōrum | Danaārum | Danaōrum | |
| Dative | Danaō | Danaō | Danaīs | ||||
| Accusative | Danaum | Danaam | Danaum | Danaōs | Danaās | Danaa | |
| Ablative | Danaō | Danaā | Danaō | Danaīs | |||
| Vocative | Danae | Danaa | Danaum | Danaī | Danaae | Danaa | |
Related terms
Descendants
References
- “Dănăus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Dǎnǎus 1 Dǎnǎus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Dǎnǎus 2 Dǎnǎus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Danaus1 ~ī” on page 532/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (2nd ed., 2012)
- “Danaus2 ~a, ~um” on page 532/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (2nd ed., 2012)