Jamaican monarch
Jamaican monarch | |
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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 in the Dominican Republic, Haiti, and Jamaica.[1][2]
See also
References
- ↑ Van-Wright, R.I.; Ackery, P.R.; Turner, T. (1992). "Anetia Jaegeri, Danaus Cleophile and Lycoriea cleobaea from Jamaica (Nymphalide: Danaine)". Journal of the Lepidopterist's Society. 46 (4): 273–279.
- ↑ "Danaus cleophile (Jamaican Monarch)". IUCN Red List. Retrieved 2015-03-10.
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