Amauris niavius
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Amauris niavius | |
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Male, dorsal side | |
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Ventral side, Bobiri Forest, Ghana | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Amauris |
Species: | A. niavius
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Amauris niavius | |
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Amauris niavius, the friar, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in the forests of tropical Africa.
The wingspan is 80–85 mm for males and 78–82 mm for females. Adults are on wing year-round (with peaks in late summer and autumn).[1]
The larvae feed on Cynanchum (including C. medium, C. nigrum and C. vincetoxicum), Gymnema (including G. sylvestre), Marsdenia, Secamone, Tylophora and Ipomoea. Larvae of subspecies dominicanus feed on Gymnema sylvestre.[2]
Subspecies
- Amauris niavius niavius (from western Kenya to Zaire, Angola, Cameroon, Sierra Leone, Guinea, Fernando Pó (Macías Nguema Island))
- Amauris niavius dominicanus Trimen, 1879 (Natal, Mozambique, from Rhodesia to Malawi, eastern Tanzania and Kenya east of the Rift Valley)
- Amauris niavius aethiops Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 (Ethiopia, northern Uganda, southern Sudan)
References
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- ^ Woodhall, Steve (2005). Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa: Struik. ISBN 978-1-86872-724-7.
- ^ "Amauris Hübner, 1816" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 23 c dominicanus , d (missppeling)Error: "Q1311264" is not a valid Wikidata entity ID.
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