Jamaican monarch
| Jamaican monarch | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Male | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Danaus |
| Species: | D. cleophile |
| Binomial name | |
| Danaus cleophile (Godart, 1819) | |
The Jamaican monarch (Danaus cleophile) is a species of milkweed butterfly in the nymphalid Danainae subfamily. It is found on the Caribbean islands of Hispaniola (in the Dominican Republic and Haiti), and Jamaica.[2][1]
Taxonomy
There are two subspecies recognized:
- D. c. cleophile (Godart, 1819), from Hispaniola
- D. c. jamaicensis Turner & Turland, 2018, from Jamaica
The latter is smaller, and darker in pigmentation.[3]
See also
References
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- ^ a b Lepidoptera Specialist Group (1996). "Danaus cleophile". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T6247A12591735. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T6247A12591735.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- ^ Vane-Wright, R.I.; Ackery, P.R.; Turner, T. (1992). "Anetia jaegeri, Danaus cleophile and Lycoriea cleobaea from Jamaica (Nymphalidae: Danainae)". Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society. 46 (4): 273–279.
- ^ Turner, Thomas W, and Vaughan A Turland. “A Newly Recognized Subspecies of Danaus Kluk; Danaus cleophile jamaicensis (Nymphalidae: Danainae) from Jamaica, West Indies.” 2018, doi: 2575-9256.