Jamaican monarch

The Jamaican monarch (Danaus cleophile) is a species of milkweed butterfly in the nymphalid Danainae subfamily. It is found in the Dominican Republic, Haiti, and Jamaica.[2][1] Differences between the populations of Danaus arise from the two regions they have been reported to have been frequently seen in Jamaica and Hispaniola; Haiti and the Dominican Republic. The subspecies found in Jamaica are smaller, darker in pigmentation, and possess various infinitesimal but accordant wing pattern characteristics. It is now newly founded and described as the Danaus cleophile jamaicensis. [3]

For the system of government in Jamaica, see Monarchy of Jamaica.

Jamaican monarch
Male
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Danaus
Species:
D. cleophile
Binomial name
Danaus cleophile
(Godart, 1819)

Description

Holotype Male:

Dorsal Forewing The dorsal forewing of the holotype male has an orange-brown color with black veins, a black apex, and a wide black outer edge. The costa's base is gray, with one pale yellow dash running in the middle between the costa and subcosta, two pale yellow dashes above the cell's end, followed by a post-discal pair, and one pale yellow dash close to the apex. The tornus is where the inner row of 10 light yellow dots and the outer row of eleven spots along the outer edge converge. [4]

See also

References
  1. 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.
  2. Van-Wright, R.I.; Ackery, P.R.; Turner, T. (1992). "Anetia Jaegeri, Danaus Cleophile and Lycoriea cleobaea from Jamaica (Nymphalide: Danaine)". Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society. 46 (4): 273–279.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.


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