Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Nymphalidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Amauris | |
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Similar Amauris tartarea, Amauris hecate, Amauris crawshayi, Hypolimnas dinarcha, Amauris | ||
Amauris damocles, the small monk, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Senegal, Gambia, Guinea, Burkina Faso, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon and Tanzania. The habitat consists of dry forests, Guinea savanna and disturbed areas in the rainforest zone.
This species is mimicked by one of the forms of Hypolimnas anthedon.
The larvae probably feed on Pergularia species.
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References
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