Amauris damocles

Small monk
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Amauris
Species:	A. damocles
Binomial name
	Amauris damocles; (Fabricius, 1793)
Synonyms
	Papilio damocles Fabricius, 1793; Amauris (Amaura) damocles; Papilio egialea Cramer, 1777; Amauris hyalites r. punctata Dufrane, 1948; Amauris egialia makuyensis Carcasson, 1964;

Amauris damocles, the small monk, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Senegal, Gambia, Guinea, Burkina Faso, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon and Tanzania.^[2] The habitat consists of dry forests, Guinea savanna and disturbed areas in the rainforest zone.

This species is mimicked by one of the forms of Hypolimnas anthedon.

The larvae probably feed on Pergularia species.

Subspecies

Amauris damocles damocles (Senegal, Gambia, Guinea, Burkina Faso, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, western Cameroon)
Amauris damocles makuyensis Carcasson, 1964 (western Tanzania)