Amauris niavius
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Amauris |
| Species: | A. niavius |
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| Amauris niavius (Linnaeus, 1758) | |
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Amauris niavius - Museum specimen
Amauris niavius, known as The Friar, is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in the forests of tropical Africa.
The wingspan is 80–85 mm for males and 78-82 for females. Adults are on wing year round (with peaks in late summer and autumn).[1]
The larvae feed on Cynanchum (including Cynanchum medium, Cynanchum nigrum and Cynanchum vincetoxicum), Gymnema (including Gymnema sylvestre), Marsdenia, Secamone, Tylophora and Ipomoea. Larvae of ssp. dominicanus feed on Gymnema sylvestre.[2]
Subspecies
- Amauris niavius niavius (from western Kenya to Zaire, Angola, Cameroon, Sierra Leone, Guinea, Fernando Póo (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
- Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 23 c dominicanus , d (missppeling)
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