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GEOGRAPHICAL ZOOLOGY. 
[PAKT IV. 
Order— LEPIDOPTERA. 
Sub-*sr&efc— Lepidoptera Khopalocera, or Butterflies. 
Family 1. — DANATDiE. (24 Genera, 530 Species.) 
General Distribution. 
Neotropical I 
Sub-regions. 
Ne ARCTIC 1 
S UB-REGIONS. 
PAL® ARCTIC 
Sub-regions. 
Ethiopian 
Sub-regions. 
Oriental 
Sub-regions. 
Australian 
Sub-regions, 
X .2.3 .4 
1 . 2 . 3 . 4 
j — a 
j 1.2. 3. 4 
| 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 
j 1 .2.3.4 
The Banaidse are now held to comprehend, not only the whole 
of the group so named by Doubleday, but a large portion of the 
Heliconid® of that author. Their range is thus extended over the 
whole of the -tropical regions. A few species spread north- 
wards into the Palsearctic and FT earctic regions, but these are 
only stragglers, and hardly diminish the exclusively tropical cha- 
racter of the group. The more remarkable genera are, — Hestia 
(10 sp.), and Ideopsis (6 sp.), confined to the Malayan and 
Moluccas! districts ; Danais (50 sp.), which has the range of the 
whole family ; Euplcea (140 sp.), confined to the Oriental and 
Australian regions, but especially abundant in the Malayan and 
Moluccan districts ; Hamadryas (4 sp.), Australian region only. 
The remaining genera constitute the Danaioid Heliconidee, and 
are strictly confined to Tropical America, except a few species 
which extend into the southern parts of the FTearctic region. 
The chief of these genera are : — 
Ithomia (160 sp.), Melinma (18 sp.), Napeogenes (20 sp.), Me- 
chanitis (4 sp.), Geratina, (32 sp.), Dircenna (10 sp.), and Lycorea 
(4 sp.). Florida, Louisiana, and Southern California, mark the 
northern extent of these insects. 
