Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Nymphalidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Amauris | |
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Similar Amauris vashti, Amauris hecate, Amauris crawshayi, Amauris tartarea, Amauris damocles | ||
Amauris hyalites is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in southern Cameroon, Bioko, Gabon, Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo, western Tanzania and western Zambia. The habitat consists of low to medium altitude forests.
Adult males are attracted to wet sand.
The larvae feed on Asclepiadaceae species.
References
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