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Amauris hecate

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Nymphalidae

Scientific name
  
Amauris hecate

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Amauris

Rank
  
Species

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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)
  • References

    Amauris hecate Wikipedia