Amauris hecate
Amauris hecate | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Amauris |
Species: | A. hecate |
Binomial name | |
Amauris hecate (Butler, 1866) | |
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Amauris hecate (dusky danaid, scarce monk or black friar) is a species of butterfly of the Nymphalidae family.[1] It is found in Africa, from Guinea and Liberia to Ghana, Cameroun, Angola, Zaire, Uganda, Southern Sudan and Western Kenya and Southern Ethiopia.
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
- ↑ Markku Savela (September 1, 2008). "Amauris genus". funet.fi. Archived from the original on 15 April 2009. Retrieved 2009-03-25.
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