Danaidae
- a variation of Danaides.
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We have also some corresponding evidence as to the distastefulness of the Eastern Danaidae.
From Darwinism (1889) by Wallace, Alfred Russel
The Danaidae are large, but weak-flying butterflies, which frequent forests and gardens, and are plainly but often very richly coloured.
From The Malay Archipelago, the land of the orang-utan and the bird of paradise; a narrative of travel, with studies of man and nature — Volume 1 by Wallace, Alfred Russel
In the Danaidae the same general rule prevails, but the cases in which the male exhibits greater intensity of colour than the female are perhaps more numerous than in the other two families.
From Darwinism (1889) by Wallace, Alfred Russel
The most remarkable are the three families of butterflies—Heliconidae, Danaidae, and Acraeidae—comprising more than a thousand species, and characteristic respectively of the three great tropical regions—South America, Southern Asia, and Africa.
From Darwinism (1889) by Wallace, Alfred Russel
It probably belonged to a trilogy, and stood between two other tragedies on the same subject, the names of which are still preserved, namely the Egyptians and the Danaidae.
From Lectures on Dramatic Art and Literature by Black, John
