Danaus

Danaus stands for:

• Danaus (genus) , a genus of butterflies from the noble butterfly family (Nymphalidae)
  • This genus includes 12 or 13 species , depending on the assignment and reference , including:
  • Danaus gilippus ( Queen Butterfly )
  • Danaus plexippus ( monarch butterfly , American monarch )
  • Danaus chrysippus ( Little Monarch , African Monarch , Common Tiger )

• Danaos , a king of Greek mythology (Latin: masc. Ending -us instead of Greek -os )

This is a disambiguation page for differentiating between several terms identified with the same word.