Species profile—Danaus petilia (lesser wanderer)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Insecta (insects) → Nymphalidae (danaids, browns and nymphs) → Danaus petilia (lesser wanderer)
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Insecta (insects)
- Family
- Nymphalidae (danaids, browns and nymphs)
- Scientific name
- Danaus petilia (Stoll, 1790)
- Common name
- lesser wanderer
- Type reference
- Stoll C. (1790). De Uitlandsche Kapellen Voorkomende in de Drie Waerelddeelen Asia, Africa en America (Supplement). Wild, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
- WildNet taxon ID
- 19179
- Synonym(s)
- Danaus chrysippus petilia
Papilio petilia - Conservation significant
- No
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Nil
Other resources
Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums (OZCAM) Atlas of Living AustraliaData source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=19179
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.