Amauris crawshayi

Updated on Dec 21, 2024

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Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Nymphalidae Rank Species		Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Amauris

Similar Amauris hecate, Amauris damocles, Amauris vashti, Amauris tartarea, Amauris echeria

Amauris crawshayi is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Cameroon, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi and Zambia. The habitat consists of forests.

The larvae feed on Tylophora (including T. anomala), Marsdenia, Cynanchum, Gymnema and Secamone species.

Subspecies

A. c. crawshayi (northern Malawi, southern and south-eastern Tanzania)

A. c. angola Bethune-Baker, 1914 (Angola)

A. c. camerunica Joicey & Talbot, 1925 (Ghana to Cameroon)

A. c. oscarus Thurau, 1904 (western Kenya, Uganda, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Burundi, north-western Tanzania)

A. c. simulator Talbot, 1926 (Zambia, Democratic Republic of the Congo: south-east to Shaba, Lulua, Maniema)

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