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danaine, a. and n. Ent.|ˈdæneɪɪn|
[ad. mod.L. Danainæ, f. generic name danais: see -ine1.]
A. adj. Of or belonging to the subfamily Danainæ of the family Nymphalidæ of butterflies.
B. n. A member of this subfamily.
1897E. B. Poulton Theory Mimicry in Hope Rep. (1901) II. 2 All of them possess a dark tip to the fore wing crossed by a white bar, as in the Danaine butterfly. Ibid., The abundant black-and-white Danaines. 1913Oxf. Univ. Gaz. 4 June 951/2 The rare Danaine butterfly Amauris ansorgei. 1930R. A. Fisher Natural Selection vii. 161 This is probably true of many Danaines. 1945E. B. Ford Butterflies v. 96 Professor G. D. Hale Carpenter has seen the male of the African Danaine Amauris psyttalea Plötz hover over the female and dust her with the scented powder with which the wing-pocket is filled in this insect. 1957Encycl. Brit. XV. 517/2 The above facts point directly to the conclusion that there is some advantage in mimicking Danaine butterflies. |