The Jamaican monarch ( Danaus cleophile) is a species of milkweed butterfly in the Nymphalidae Danainae subfamily. It is found on the Caribbean islands of Hispaniola (in the Dominican Republic and Haiti), and 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.
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