Amauris
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| Amauris | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Subfamily: | Danainae |
| Genus: | Amauris Hübner, 1816 |
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Amauris is a genus of nymphalid butterfly in the Danainae subfamily. Amauris niavius niavius, Amauris echeria jacksoni, and Amauris dominicanus are mimiced by Papilio dardanus females.Other mimics of Amauris are found among other Papilios, the Nymphaline genus Pseudacraea and Hypolimnas anthedon.
Species
- Comoro Friar (Amauris comorana)
- Madagascan Friar (Amauris nossima)
- Mauritian Friar (Amauris phoedon)
- Friar (Amauris niavius)
- Monk (Amauris tartarea)
- Ansorge's Danaid (Amauris ellioti)
- Amauris echeria
- Amauris vashti
- Amauris crawshayi
- Amauris damocles
- Amauris hyalites
- Layman (Amauris albimaculata)
- Novice (Amauris ochlea)
- Amauris dannfelti
- Amauris inferna
- Dusky Danaid (Amauris hecate)
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