Jamaican monarch

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.

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.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.

See also Monarch butterfly

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