Amauris hecate

Amauris hecate, the dusky Danaid, scarce monk or black friar, is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae.[1] It is found in Africa, from Guinea and Liberia to Ghana, Cameroun, Angola, Zaire, Uganda, Southern Sudan and Western Kenya and Southern Ethiopia.

Amauris hecate
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Amauris
Species:
A. hecate
Binomial name
Amauris hecate
(Butler, 1866)
Synonyms
  • Danais hecate Butler, 1866
  • Amauris dira Neave, 1904
  • Amauris hecate f. reducta Bartel, 1905
  • Amauris hecate ab. bedoci Dufrane, 1948
  • Amauris hecate ab. lagai Dufrane, 1948
  • Amauris hecate f. draedada Stoneham, 1958
  • Amauris hecate f. tenebrosa Stoneham, 1958
  • Amauris hecate f. expansa Stoneham, 1958

Subspecies
  • Amauris hecate hecate (Guinea, Liberia to Ghana, Cameroon, Angola, Zaire, Uganda, Southern Sudan and Western Kenya)
  • Amauris hecate stictica Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 (Southern Ethiopia)

References
  1. Markku Savela (September 1, 2008). "Amauris Hübner, 1816". FUNET. Archived from the original on 15 April 2009. Retrieved 2009-03-25.


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