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| North Caicos Island June 2001 ssp bonhotei | North Caicos Island June 2001 ssp bonhotei underside |
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| Duncans, Jamaica; 7/81 (verso) ssp. andraemon |
Confined to the Bahamas and the northern islands of the
Carribbean (Cuba, Jamaica, the Caymans), occaisionally colonizing the Florida
Keys. Generally common, and at times a citrus pest in Jamaica, where
it was introduced in the middle of this century and may be competing with
and replacing P. melonius. Bonhotei
flies in the Bahamas, and a third ssp. tailori, is known from the
Cayman Islands (less common).