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 MELANIPPUS (CRAMER, 1777) Type locality: Java. Polytypic species (A & V-W) with 13–18 subspecies, varying with author (see Morishita, 1985: 454 for a distribution map; d’Abrera, 1982 ). Range: Assam, Indo-China, Thailand , Malaysia , Indonesia , Sula Archipelago, Philippines and Taiwan .