Subtribe
Danaina (Tiger butterflies)
Danaus plexippus. Photo: (c) fam-esquivel, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
The Danaini are a tribe of brush-footed butterflies (family Nymphalidae). Their type genus Danaus contains the well-known monarch butterfly (D. plexippus) and is also the type genus of the tribe’s subfamily, the milkweed butterflies (Danainae).