Amauris inferna

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 vashti, Amauris hecate, Amauris tartarea, Amauris crawshayi, Madagascan friar

Amauris inferna is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Cameroon, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda and Tanzania. The habitat consists of forests.

Adult males mud-puddle.

Subspecies

Amauris inferna inferna (Cameroon, Gabon, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Kinshasa)

Amauris inferna discus Talbot, 1940 (Democratic Republic of the Congo: west and central to Kwilu, Sankuru, Kisangami)

Amauris inferna grogani Sharpe, 1901 (western Uganda, Democratic Republic of the Congo: east to northern Kivu and Ituri)

Amauris inferna moka Talbot, 1940 (Bioko)

Amauris inferna uganda Talbot, 1940 (Uganda, Tanzania: north-west and Kere Hill)

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