Danaus chrysippus (Linnaeus, 1758)

african monarch

on Asclepias, etc.

parasite

Larvae freely on the leaves.

host plants

Apocynaceae, oligophagous

Asclepias curassavica; Calotropis procera; Caralluma burchardii, europaea; Ceropegia dichotoma; Cynanchum acutum; Gomphocarpus fruticosus.

distribution within Europe

PESI (2021).

ei, larva, pupa

see Lepiforum.

references

Acosta Fernández (2007a), Corley (2005a), Dupont, Luquet, Demerges & Drouet (2013a), Lafranchis (2020a,b), Lepiforum (2021), Vegliante & Zilli (2007a), Vieira (2008a), Wiemers (1995a).