Danis danis, the large green-banded blue, is a species of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. This species can be found in the Australia and New Guinea. Larvae feed on Alphitonia excelsa.[1]
| Large green-banded blue | |
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| D. d. philostratus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Danis |
| Species: | D. danis
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| Binomial name | |
| Danis danis (Cramer, 1775)
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Subspecies
edit- D. d. danis - Ambon
- D. d. serapis Miskin, 1891 - Australia: Cairns to Tully
- D. d. syrius Miskin, 1890 - Australia: Cape York
- D. d. apollonius (C. & R. Felder, 1865) - New Guinea
- D. d. supous (Druce & Bethune-Baker, 1893) - Aru
- D. d. triopus (de Nicéville, 1898) - Kai
- D. d. hermes (Grose-Smith, 1894) - West Irian
- D. d. zuleika (Grose-Smith, 1898) - Louisiades Archipelago
- D. d. regina (Kirby, 1889) - D'Entrecasteaux Archipelago
- D. d. lampros (Druce, 1897) - Trobriand Islands
- D. d. karpaia (Druce & Bethune-Baker, 1893) - Serang
- D. d. philocrates (Fruhstorfer, 1915) - Obi
- D. d. panatius (Fruhstorfer, 1915) - Salawatti
- D. d. sophron (Fruhstorfer, 1915) - Buru
- D. d. herophilus (Fruhstorfer, 1915) - Waigeu
- D. d. anaximenes (Fruhstorfer, 1915) - Kumusi
- D. d. proedrus (Fruhstorfer, 1915) - Owgarra
- D. d. philostratus (C. & R. Felder, 1865) - Bachan, Halmahera, Moratai, Ternate, Waigeu
- D. d. dispar (Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1895) - Bismarck Archipelago
- D. d. latifascia (Rothschild, 1915) - Admiralty Islands
References
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