Amauris ellioti

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 crawshayi, Amauris vashti, Amauris tartarea, Amauris echeria, Amauris albimaculata

Amauris ellioti, the Ansorge's Danaid, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi and Zambia. The habitat consists of semi-montane forests.

The larvae feed on Tylophora stolzii, Tylophora anomala, Marsdenia racemosa, Gongronema latifolium, Cynanchum, Gymnema and Secamone species.

Subspecies

Amauris ellioti ellioti (eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, western Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi)

Amauris ellioti altumi van Someren, 1936 (Kenya: east of the Rift Valley, Tanzania)

Amauris ellioti ansorgei Sharpe, 1896 (Uganda: western slopes of Mount Elgon, Kenya: west of the Rift Valley)

Amauris ellioti junia (Le Cerf, 1920) (northern Malawi, Zambia, Tanzania: north, central and southern highlands)

References

Amauris ellioti Wikipedia

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