A classification of Danaus butterflies (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) based upon data from morphology and DNA Author Smith, David A. S. Author Lushai, Gugs Author Allen, John A. text Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 2005 2005-06-30 144 2 191 212 https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article-lookup/doi/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2005.00169.x journal article 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2005.00169.x 0024-4082 5434140 DANAUS ERESIMUS (CRAMER, 1777) COMB. NOV. Type locality: Surinam . Polytypic species (A & V-W) with a minimum of seven named subspecies; for the first time we include plexaure (Godart) stat. rev. as a subspecies of eresimus . For the range of the species, see A & V-W, table 29. ssp. plexaure (Godart, 1819) stat. rev. Danais plexaure Godart, 1819 . Type locality: Brazil . Danais plexaure (Godart) ; Haensch, 1909 . Danaus (Danaus) plexaure (Godart) ; Forbes, 1939 . Anosia plexaure (Godart) ; d’Almeida, 1939 . Danaus plexaure (Godart) ; Talbot, 1943 . Danaus (Anosia) plexaure (Godart) ; A & V-W, 1984; 208, pl. 18, fig. 109. South America south of the Amazon drainage (E Brazil , Bolivia , Paraguay , Uruguay , Argentina ).