Subspecies and protection

[Chris J. Durden]

Among the North American Monarchs it looks like only the non-migratory
mountain monarch is in need if describing, with a name or names as required.


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MONARCH, (milkweed butterfly, black-veined brown, 
wanderer, storm fritillary, archippus, web-footed danay, 
queen of spain fritillary, bermuda butterfly, storm king, 
storm butterfly, monarque, monarca).
*Danaus (Danaus) plexippus plexippus* (Linne, 1758); 
CAN.NF QUnw MBn SA AB BCsw southward
USA.CAw&sw AZsw TXs FLnw&s MT SD & between
MEX.MX MH NL TA HD GO ML OA DF QR 
BAH. 
GBR.BM 
CUB. 

MOUNTAIN MONARCH.
*Danaus (Danaus) plexippus* subsp.; 
MEX.CL CS 
NIC.
COR. 

CARIBBEAN MONARCH, (soldier Martinique, le manteau ducal).
*Danaus (Danaus) plexippus megalippe* (Huebner, 1819); 
USA.GA FL NJstray 
MEX.TA 
HAI. 
DOM. 
USA.PR 
JAM.@ 
GBR.CA 

CUBAN MONARCH 
*Danaus (Danaus) plexippus menippe* (Huebner, 1816); 
CUB. 

PUERTORICAN MONARCH
*Danaus (Danaus) plexippus portoricensis* Clark, 1941; 
USA.PR 

ANTILLEAN MONARCH 
*Danaus (Danaus) plexippus leucogyne* Butler, 1884; 
USA.VI 
SKN.SK 
DMA 

JAMAICAN MONARCH.
*Danaus (Danaus) cleophile* (Godart, 1819); 
HAI. 
DOM. 
USA.PR 
JAM. 

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At 04:28  14/10/00 -0400, you wrote:
>Bruce,
>    Absolutely, where phenotype is not a factor, other, evidence for
>subspeciation must be compelling. I consider the unique migration phenomenon
>in N.A. plexippus to be a blatantly, unarguably, obvious evidence of
>subspeciation.
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>    At the subspecific level the geneticist is often left out because there
>may be no genetic evidence. Thought there may be molecular.
>    I fully agree, a reviewer on this should not have a in-vested part in
>the monarch $millions. Though the author surely can.
>
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