Danis

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Polyommatinae
Tribus: Polyommatini
Genus: Danis
Species: (10)
D. concolor – D. danis – D. drucei – D. glaucopis – D. helga – D. hengis – D. horsa – D. mamberano – D. melimnos – D. metrophanes – D. phroso – D. regalis – D. wallacei
Name

Danis Fabricius, 1807: 286.

Type species: Papilio danis Cramer, [1775] 1: 111, by selection of Hemming, 1964a.
Synonymy

Thysonotis Hübner, [1819], 2: 20. A junior objective synonym of Danis Fabr.
Hadothera Billberg, 1820: 80. A junior objective synonym of Danis Fabr.
Damis [sic] Boisduval, 1832: 67. A junior objective synonym of Danis Fabr.
Tysonotis [sic] Hübner; Fruhstorfer, 1915: 235.

References

Billberg, G.J. 1820. Enumeratio insectorum in museo Gust. Joh. Billberg. Stockholm, 138 pp. BHL Reference page.
Boisduval, J.B. 1832. Voyage de découvertes de l'Astrolabe (etc). Faune entomologique de l'Ocean Pacifique (etc). Part 1. Lépidoptères. Paris. J Tastu, 267pp, Pls. 1–12. Reference page.
Cramer, P. 1775–1780. De Uitlandsche Kapellen voorkomende in der drie Waereld-Deelen Asia, Afrika en America (etc). Amsterdam, Baalde & Utrecht, Parts 1–3. Pt.1 [1775]: xxx+16, 1–132, pls 1–84; [1776]: 133–156, pls 85–96; Pt.2 [1777]: 1–152, pls 97–192; Pt.3 [1779]: 1–104, pls 193–252; [1780]: 105–176, pls 253–288; Pt.4 [1780]: 1–246, pls 289–400. Reference page.
Fabricius, J.C. 1807. In Illiger, J. K. W. Magazin für Insektenkunde 6: 279–289. BHL. Reference page.
Fruhstorfer, H., 1915. Neue Formen der gattung Thysonotis und Aufzählung der bekannten Rassen auf Grund morphologische Unterschungen. Societas Entomologica 30: 39-40, 42-45, 49-52. Reference page.
Hemming, A. F., 1964a. Selection of lectotypes for two nominal species of the family Lycaenidae. XXII. Annotationes Lepidopterologicae 3: 105. Reference page.
Hemming, A. F., 1967. The generic names of the butterflies and their type species (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) 1967, Suppl. 9: 1-509.Reference page.
Hirowatari, T. 1992. A generic classification of the tribe Polyommatini of the Oriental and Australian regions (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae, Polyommatinae). Bulletin of the University of Osaka Prefecture (B) 44 (Suppl.) PDF. Reference page.
Hübner, J. 1816–1826. Verzeichniss bekannter Schmettlinge. Augsburg. Papilionoidea. BHL Reference page.
Schröder, S. 2020. Danis Fabricius, 1807 from West New Guinea (Indonesia), a tentative arrangement (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae, Polyommatinae). Suara Serangga Papua 13(1): 69-90. DOI: 10.19269/sugapa2020.13(1).05. Open access. Reference page.
Tennent, W.J. 2016. A review of Danis danis (Cramer, 1775) (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae), with descriptions of seven new subspecies from Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. Nachrichten Entomologischen Vereins Apollo NF 37(2–3): 117–138. Reference page.
Yagishita, A., 2000. A new subspecies of Danis danis (Cramer) [1775] from Tanimbar Islands, Indonesia (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Futao 34: 12–13. Reference page.

Danis is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The species of this genus are found in the Australasian realm.
Species

Danis absyrtus Felder & Felder 1859
Danis albomarginata Rothschild, 1915 Misol
Danis albostrigata Bethune-Baker, 1908 New Guinea
Danis anaximens Fruhstorfer, 1907 Kumusi River New Guinea
Danis annamensis Fruhstorfer, 1903
Danis aryanus Grose-Smith, 1895 Halmahera
Danis athanetus Danis melimnos ssp. athanetus Fruhstorfer, 1915 New Guinea
Danis beata Röber, 1926[1] New Guinea
Danis caelinus Grose-Smith
Danis caesius Grose-Smith, 1894 New Guinea
Danis caledonica Felder and Felder, 1865
Danis carissima Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1895 Watter and Pura (Philippines?)
Danis coelinus Grose-Smith, 1898 Fergusson Island
Danis concolor
Danis coroneia Fruhstorfer, 1915 New Hannover
Danis danis
Danis dispar Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1895 New Britain
Danis dissimilis Joicey & Talbot, 1916[2] Schouten Islands
Danis drucei
Danis ekeikei Bethune-Baker, 1908 New Guinea
Danis esme Grose-Smith, 1894 New Britain
Danis glaucopis Grose-Smith, 1894
Danis hamilcar Grose-Smith, 1894 New Britain
Danis hanno Grose-Smith, 1894 New Britain
Danis helga Grose-Smith, 1898 Jobi
Danis hengis Grose-Smith, 1897 New Guinea
Danis hermes Grose-Smith, 1894 New Guinea
Danis hermogenes = Danis wallacei ssp. hermogenes Fruhstorfer, 1915
Danis herophilus = Danis danis ssp. herophilus Fruhstorfer, 1915 Waigeu
Danis horsa Grose-Smith, 1898 Ron Island Geelvink Channel
Danis intermedius Röber
Danis irregularis Ribbe, 1899
Danis karpaia Druce
Danis lampros Druce, 1897 Trobriand Islands
Danis lamprosides Grose-Smith, 1898 Trobriand Islands
Danis latifascia = Danis danis latifascia (Rothschild, 1915) Admiralty Islands
Danis lona Röber, 1927[3] Waigeu
Danis lygia
Danis mamberanano Joicey & Talbot, 1916[4] New Guinea (River Mamberano, Dutch New Guinea)
Danis manto Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1896 New Guinea
Danis melimnos H. H. Druce and Bethune-Baker, 1893
Danis metrophanes = Danis wallacei ssp. metrophanes Fruhstorfer, 1915 New Guinea
Danis moutoni = Danis hanno ssp. moutoni Ribbe, 1899
Danis occidentalis = Danis danis occidentalis (Röber, 1926)
Danis olga Grose-Smith, 1808 New Guinea
Danis oribasius = Danis perpheres ssp. oribastus Fruhstorfer, 1915
Danis panatius = Danis danis ssp. panatius Fruhstorfer, 1915
Danis peri Grose-Smith, 1894 New Guinea
Danis philocrates = Danis danis ssp. philocrates Fruhstorfer, 1915 Obi Islands
Danis phoibides = Danis danis ssp. phoibides Fruhstorfer, 1915 Mefor
Danis phroso Grose-Smith, 1897 New Guinea
Danis piepersi Snellen, 1878 Celebes, Banggai Islands, Sula Islands
Danis plateni Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1896 Waigeu
Danis plotinus Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1896
Danis proedrus = Danis danis ssp. proedrus Fruhstorfer, 1915
Danis pseudochrania Röber
Danis pseudochromia = Danis hamilcar ssp. pseudochromia Ribbe, 1899 = Nacaduba cyanea hamilcar Grose-Smith, 1894
Danis regalis
Danis reverdini Fruhstorfer, 1915 Cape York Peninsula
Danis rosselana Bethune-Baker, 1908 Rossel Island
Danis sakitatus = Danis piepersi ssp. sakitatus Ribbe, 1926 Celebes
Danis salamandri Semper
Danis scarpheia = Danis melimnos ssp. scarpheia Fruhstorfer, 1915
Danis schaeffera (Eschscholtz, 1821)
Danis sebae
Danis smaragdus Grose-Smith
Danis sophron = Danis danis ssp. sophron Fruhstorfer, 1915 Buru
Danis soranus = Danis schaeffera ssp. soranus Fruhstorfer, 1915 Halmahera
Danis stephani Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1896
Danis subsuleima Strand, 1929 = Danis danis ssp. latifascia Rothschild, 1915
Danis suleima Grose-Smith, 1898 = Danis danis suleima (Grose-Smith) Louisiade Archipelago
Danis supous Druce & Bethune-Baker, 1893 Aru Islands
Danis thinophilus = Dani danis ssp. thinophilus Toxopeus, 1930
Danis triopus de Nicéville, 1898 Kai Islands
Danis valestinax = Danis peri ssp. valestinax Fruhstorfer, 1915 = Perpheres perpheres valestinax Fruhstorfer, 1915 New Guinea
Danis wallacei
Danis vidua Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1895 Waigeu
Danis wollastoni Rothschild, 1917[5] New Guinea
Danis zainis = Danis wallacei ssp. zainis Fruhstorfer, 1915 New Guinea
Danis zuleika Grose-Smith, 1898 Louisiade Archipelago

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References

Ent. Mitt. 15 (5/6): 377
1916 Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1916 (1) : 76, pl. 3, f. 7 ♂, 8 ♀
Int. ent. Zs. 21 (14): 105
Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) 17 (97) : 82
Rothschild & Durrant, Lep. B.O.U. Exp. New Guinea : 31
Catalogue of Life
Danis at Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera