Danaus chrysippus (Linné, 1758)

Subspecies

• [Danaus] chrysippus chrysippus (Linné, 1758)
  - aegyptius (Von Schreber, 1759)
  - asclepiadis (Gagliardi, 1811)
  - alcippoides (Moore, 1883)
  - albinus (Lanz, 1896)
  - infumata (Aurivillius, 1899)
  - transiens (Suffert, 1900)
  - semialbinus (Strand, 1910)
  - praealbata (Froreich, 1928)
  - inpunctata (Dufrane, 1948)
  - bipunctata (Dufrane, 1948)
  - duplicata (Dufrane, 1948)
  - anomala (Dufrane, 1948)
  - reducta (Dufrane, 1948)
  - subreducta (Dufrane, 1948)
  - completa (Dufrane, 1948)
  - duponti (Dufrane, 1948)
  - deficiens (Dufrane, 1948)
  - radiata (Dufrane, 1948)
  - witteellus (Overlaet, 1955)
  - hypermnestra (Stoneham, 1958)
  

Adult morphology	Wingspan	40
Literature references	Species number (Larsen 2005)	647
	Page number (Ackery et al. 1995)	268
Habitat	Habitat preference [1]	UBQ: Can be found in nearly all types of habitats UBQ
Distribution	Geographical distribution [2]	AFR: Practically found throughout Africa in suitable habitats as indicated AFR

Biology

Flight period:

Ecology

Host plants:

• Asclepiadaceae
  - Asclepias
  - Aspidoglossum
  - Calotropis
  - Caralluma
  - Ceropegia
  - Cynanchum
  - Gomphocarpus
  - Huernia
  - Ischnostemma
  - Kanahia
  - Leichardtia
  - Leptadenia
  - Marsdenia
  - Metaplexis
  - Pachycarpus
  - Pentarrhinum
  - Pentatropis
  - Pergularia
  - Pleurostelma
  - Raphistemma
  - Schizoglossum
  - Secamone
  - Stapelia
  - Stathmostelma
  - Tylophora

• Convolvulaceae
  - Ipomoea

• Periplocaceae
  - Periploca

• Asclepiadaceae
  - Asclepias
  - Aspidoglossum
  - Calotropis
  - Caralluma
  - Ceropegia
  - Cynanchum
  - Gomphocarpus
  - Huernia
  - Ischnostemma
  - Kanahia
  - Leichardtia
  - Leptadenia
  - Marsdenia
  - Metaplexis
  - Pachycarpus
  - Pentarrhinum
  - Pentatropis
  - Pergularia
  - Pleurostelma
  - Raphistemma
  - Schizoglossum
  - Secamone
  - Stapelia
  - Stathmostelma
  - Tylophora
• Convolvulaceae
  - Ipomoea
• Periplocaceae
  - Periploca