Iphias leucippe; the largest of the Danaidae, Hestia idea; and two unusually large and handsome Nymphalidae — Diadema pandarus, and Charaxes euryalus. From Wordnik.com. [The Malay Archipelago] Reference
Danaidae little attacked by mites, 235 mimicry of, 246. From Wordnik.com. [Darwinism (1889)] Reference
Diadema mimicking Danaidae or Acraeidae with the most curious accuracy. From Wordnik.com. [Darwinism (1889)] Reference
The Danaidae are large, but weak-flying butterflies, which frequent forests and gardens, and are plainly but often very richly coloured. From Wordnik.com. [The Malay Archipelago, the land of the orang-utan and the bird of paradise; a narrative of travel, with studies of man and nature — Volume 1] Reference
Pieridae, Iphias leucippe; the largest of the Danaidae, Hestia idea; and two unusually large and handsome Nymphalidae -- Diadema pandarus, and Charaxes euryalus. From Wordnik.com. [The Malay Archipelago, the land of the orang-utan and the bird of paradise; a narrative of travel, with studies of man and nature — Volume 2] Reference
In the Danaidae the same general rule prevails, but the cases in which the male exhibits greater intensity of colour than the female are perhaps more numerous than in the other two families. From Wordnik.com. [Darwinism (1889)] Reference
In tropical Asia, and eastward to the Pacific Islands, the Danaidae take the place of the Heliconidae of America, in their abundance, their conspicuousness, their slow flight, and their being the subjects of mimicry. From Wordnik.com. [Darwinism (1889)] Reference
The most remarkable are the three families of butterflies -- Heliconidae, Danaidae, and Acraeidae -- comprising more than a thousand species, and characteristic respectively of the three great tropical regions -- South. From Wordnik.com. [Darwinism (1889)] Reference
Danaidae, and Nymphalidae are equally preeminent. From Wordnik.com. [The Malay Archipelago, the land of the orang-utan and the bird of paradise; a narrative of travel, with studies of man and nature — Volume 2] Reference
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