Mauritian friar
| Mauritian friar | |
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| Amauris phoedon figure 3 | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Amauris |
| Species: | A. phoedon |
| Binomial name | |
| Amauris phoedon (Fabricius, 1798)[1] | |
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The Mauritian friar (Amauris phoedon) is a species of nymphalid butterfly in the Danainae subfamily. It is endemic to Mauritius.[2]
Adults have been recorded imbibing exudations from the ends of broken branches of Tournefortia argentea lying on the ground, presumably for the pyrollizidine alkaloids that may be present in the exudations.
The larvae feed on Tylophora asthmatica.
References
- ↑ Amauris, Site of Markku Savela
- ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Subtribe Danaina
- Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 24 misspelling phaedon
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Sources
- Lepidoptera Specialist Group 1996. Amauris phoedon. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 31 July 2007.
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