page_title: List of butterflies of Australia
section_title: Danainae: milkweed butterflies
hierarchical_section_title: List of butterflies of Australia / Nymphalidae: brush– or four-footed / Danainae: milkweed butterflies
caption_attribution_description: Double-branded Crow (Euploea sylvester) at Bangalore, India.
context_page_description: Australia has more than 400 species of butterfly, the majority of which are continental species, and more than a dozen endemic species from remote islands administered by various Australian territorial governments. The largest butterflies in the world are endemic to the Australasian realm. They are the birdwings—Ornithoptera and other genera—of the tribe Troidini of the swallowtail butterfly family, Papilionidae.
context_section_description: subfamily: Danainae (milkweed butterflies)
  tribe: Danaini (tigers and crows)
  genus Tirumala
  Blue tiger, Tirumala hamata (W. S. Macleay, 1826)
  T. h. hamata (W. S. Macleay, 1826)
  genus Danaus
  Swamp tiger, Danaus affinis (Fabricius, 1775) — pictured right
  D. a. affinis (Fabricius, 1775)
  D. a. alexis (Waterhouse & Lyell, 1914)
  D. a. gelanor (Waterhouse & Lyell, 1914)
  conspecific with: D. philene (Stoll, 1782)
  Orange tiger, Danaus genutia (Cramer, 1779)
  D. g. alexis (Waterhouse & Lyell, 1914)
  Monarch or wanderer, Danaus plexippus (Linnaeus, 1758) — pictured right
  Lesser wanderer, Danaus chrysippus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  D. c. petilia (Stoll, 1790)
  D. c. cratippus (C. Felder, 1860)
  genus Euploea
  No-brand crow, Euploea alcathoe (Godart, 1819)
  E. a. eichhorni (Staudinger, 1884)
  E. a. enastri (Fenner, 1991)
  E. a. monilifera (Moore, 1883)
  Common crow, Euploea core (Cramer, 1780) — pictured right
  E. c. corinna (W. S. Macleay, 1826)
  Mournful crow, Euploea algea (Godart, 1819)
  E. a. violetta (Butler, 1876)
  Bates' crow, Euploea batesii (C. & R. Felder, 1865)
  E. b. resarta (Butler, 1876)
  Climena crow, Euploea climena (Stoll, 1782)
  E. c. macleari (Butler, 1887)
  Small brown crow, Euploea darchia (W. S. Macleay, 1826)
  E. d. darchia (W. S. Macleay, 1826)
  E. d. niveata (Butler, 1875)
  Orange-flash crow, Euploea leucostictos (Gmelin, 1790)
  Two-brand crow, Euploea sylvester (Fabricius, 1793) — pictured right
  E. s. sylvester (Fabricius, 1793)
  E. s. pelor (Doubleday, 1847)
  Purple crow, Euploea tulliolus (Fabricius, 1793) — pictured right
  E. t. tulliolus (Fabricius, 1793)
  *Wide-brand crow, Euploea netscheri (Snellen, 1889) [*native to Dauan Island]
  tribe: Tellervini
  genus Tellervo
  Hamadryad, Tellervo zoilus (Fabricius, 1775)
  Cairns hamadryad, Tellervo zoilus zoilus (Fabricius, 1775)
  Cape York hamadryad, Tellervo zoilus gelo (Waterhouse & Lyell, 1914)
caption: Two-brand crow
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