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Amauris inferna

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Nymphalidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Amauris

Amauris inferna

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)

    • References

    Amauris inferna Wikipedia
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