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Danaus

fathered 50 daughters, who married the sons of his twin brother Aegyptus. [Gk. Myth.: Benét, 11]
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Effects of photoperiod, temperature, and host plant age on induction of reproductive diapause and development time in Danaus plexippus.
Therefore, in Danaus butterflies, ideal lock and key mechanism may not be present but other factors like selective spermatheca usage by females and postzygotic barrier play key role in restraining gene flow between two species.
BmARM-like protein and its homologs from 6 other insects, including Operophtera brumata, Amyelois transitella, Plutella xylostella, Danaus plexippus, Papilio machaon, and Papilio xuthus were clustered together into a Lepidoptera group.
For example, should blue gum be retained as overwintering habitat for monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus L.), whose populations have dropped by an estimated 90% due to declines in suitable habitat (Griffiths and Villablanca 2013)?
A short story by Margaret Oliphant 'A Railway Junction: or the Romance of Ladybank' of 1873 masterfully explores the tension between wild and tamed time, whereas Mona Caird's The Daughters of Danaus of 1894 links temporal and spatial perceptions to the flow of consciousness, to imagination and subjectivity, thus undermining the uniformizing and ordering principles of standardized time.
Directional and stabilizing selection on wing size and shape in migrant and resident monarch butterflies, Danaus plexippus (L.), in Cuba.
If you are planting milkweed specifically to attract monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus), be aware that the milkweed sold by most nurseries is not among the species of native North American milkweed on which the monarchs rely.
Two species of genus Danaus Kluk (1802), Danaus chrysippus Linnaeus (1758) and Danaus genutia Cramer (1779), commonly called monarchs, queens and milkweed butterflies are re-described.
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