Amauris

Amauris
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Subfamily:	Danainae
Genus:	Amauris Hübner, 1816
Synonyms
Amaura Geyer, 1837 Conoploea Guenée, 1865 Cadytis Moore, 1883 Berethis Moore, 1883 Nebroda Moore, 1883 Amaurina Aurivillius, 1910 Panamauris Bryk, 1937 Egialea Hemming, 1964

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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Wikisource has original text related to this article: Mimicry in Butterflies

• Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate 23 et seq.