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
Data source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0.
https://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.
