Amauris hecate

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

Similar Amauris tartarea, Amauris damocles, Amauris crawshayi, Amauris niavius, Amauris vashti

Amauris hecate, the dusky Danaid, scarce monk or black friar, is a species of butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Africa, from Guinea and Liberia to Ghana, Cameroun, Angola, Zaire, Uganda, Southern Sudan and Western Kenya and Southern Ethiopia.

Subspecies

Amauris hecate hecate (Guinea, Liberia to Ghana, Cameroon, Angola, Zaire, Uganda, Southern Sudan and Western Kenya)

Amauris hecate stictica Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 (Southern Ethiopia)

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