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Danaidae

[də′nā·ə‚dē]
(invertebrate zoology)
A family of large tropical butterflies, order Lepidoptera, having the first pair of legs degenerate.
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& NISHIDA, T., 1975.--Reproductive activity, seasonal abundance and parasitism of the monarch butterfly, Danaus plexippus (Lepidoptera: Danaidae) in Hawaii.
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