User blog comment:Kogath/Monster Hunter X Discussion/@comment-28303251-20150810070231/@comment-26421638-20150812140043

Wait... Let's Recap the situation with Flagship Monsters...

Rathalos has a Sub and a Rare Kushala Daora has a Variant Tigrex has a Sub and a Rare Nargacuga has a Sub and a Rare Lagiacrus has a Sub and a Rare Zinogre has only a Sub Brachydios has a Variant Gore Magala has a Variant Seregios dosen't have any Subs/Variant (we should consider that Regios is New in 4U) Espinas has a Sub and a Rare (I Know, Espinas is not a true Flagship Monster)

It Looks Like that the Strongest Flaghships (Daora, Brachy and Gore) Got a Variant instead of Subspecies or Rares... Excluding the Strongest Flaghships and Regios (because is a new-entry), Zinogre is the Only Flagship Monster that doesn't have a Rare... And that's Strange...