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Amauris albimaculata

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Nymphalidae

Scientific name
  
Amauris albimaculata

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Amauris

Rank
  
Species

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Amauris echeria, Amauris ochlea, Amauris, Amauris niavius, Amauris crawshayi

Amauris albimaculata, the layman, is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in southern Africa.

The wingspan is 50–60 mm for males and 62–68 for females. Adults are on the wing year-round (with peaks in summer and autumn).

The larvae feed on Tylophora anomala, T. stolzii, Cynanchum chirindense, C. vincetoxicum, Gymnema, Marsdenia (including M. angolensis and M. racemosa) and Secamone.

Subspecies

  • Amauris albimaculata albimaculata (South Africa, southern Mozambique)
  • Amauris albimaculata chirindana Talbot, 1941 (western Mozambique, eastern Zimbabwe)
  • Amauris albimaculata hanningtoni Butler, 1888 (southern Somalia, eastern Kenya, eastern Tanzania)
  • Amauris albimaculata intermedians Hulstaert, 1926 (Cameroon)
  • Amauris albimaculata interposita Talbot, 1940 (western Kenya, northern Tanzania)
  • Amauris albimaculata latifascia Talbot, 1940 (Tanzania, Malawi, northern Zambia)
  • Amauris albimaculata magnimacula Rebel, 1914 (Uganda, eastern Zaire, north-western Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi)
  • Amauris albimaculata sudanica Talbot, 1940 (Sudan, Ethiopia)

    • References

    Amauris albimaculata Wikipedia
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