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Amauris ochlea

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Nymphalidae

Scientific name
  
Amauris ochlea

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Amauris

Rank
  
Species

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Similar
  
Amauris, Amauris albimaculata, Amauris echeria, Amauris niavius, Tirumala petiverana

Amauris ochlea, the novice, is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in southern and south-east Africa.

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The wingspan is 55–60 mm for males and 60-65 mm for females. Adults are on wing year round (with peaks in summer and autumn).

The larvae feed on Tylophora anomala, Tylophora stolzii, Gymnema, Marsdenia, Secamone, Cynanchum chirindense, Cyanchum abyssinicum, Cynanchum medium, Cynanchum nigrum, Cynanchum natalitium and Cynanchum vincetoxicum.

Subspecies

  • Amauris ochlea ochlea (eastern Kenya to Zululand, Natal)
  • Amauris ochlea affinis Aurivillius, 1911 (Comoro Islands)
  • Amauris ochlea bumilleri Lanz, 1896 (northern Malawi, south-western Tanzania, Zambia)
  • Amauris ochlea darius Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 (northern Kenya (Meru, Mount Kulai) to southern Somalia and southern Ethiopia)
  • Amauris ochlea moya Turlin, 1994 (Comoro Islands)
  • Amauris ochlea ochleides Staudinger, 1896 (Eritrea, northern Ethiopia)

    • Specimens from the coastal forest at Mabibi, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa.

    References

    Amauris ochlea Wikipedia
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