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Amauris ellioti

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Nymphalidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Amauris

Amauris ellioti

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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