Amauris hecate

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Amauris hecate
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Amauris
Species:
A. hecate
Binomial name
Amauris hecate
(Butler, 1866)
Synonyms
  • Danais hecateButler, 1866
  • Amauris diraNeave, 1904
  • Amauris hecate f. reductaBartel, 1905
  • Amauris hecate ab. bedociDufrane, 1948
  • Amauris hecate ab. lagaiDufrane, 1948
  • Amauris hecate f. draedadaStoneham, 1958
  • Amauris hecate f. tenebrosaStoneham, 1958
  • Amauris hecate f. expansaStoneham, 1958

Amauris hecate, the dusky Danaid, scarce monk or black friar, is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. [1] It is found in Africa, from Guinea and Liberia to Ghana, Cameroun, Angola, Zaire, Uganda, Southern Sudan and Western Kenya and Southern Ethiopia.

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References

  1. ↑ Markku Savela (September 1, 2008). "Amauris Hübner, 1816". FUNET. Archived from the original on 15 April 2009. Retrieved 2009-03-25.


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