• (Godart, 1819) — Yamayka monarxı
• Danaus plexippus (Linnaeus, 1758) — Danaida monarxı
• (Cramer, 1780) — Cənub monarxı
• (Cramer, 1775))
• (Cramer, 1779)
• (Fabricius, 1775)
• (Cramer, 1777)
• (Stoll, 1790)
• (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Linnaeus, 1758)
• (Cramer, 1777) — Tropik kraliça
• (Cramer, 1776)

Əvvəllər cins üç alt cinsə bölünürdü: Danaus, Salatura, və Anosia.

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