Amauris echeria
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Amauris echeria (Stoll, [1790])
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Amauris echeria (chief) is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in southern Africa.
The wingspan is 55–65 mm for males and 63-70 for females. Adults are on wing year round (with peaks in summer and autumn).[1]
The larvae feed on Tylophora anomala, Tylophora stolzii, Cynanchum chirindense, Gymnema (including Gymnema sylvestre), Marsdenia (including Marsdenia angolensis and Marsdenia racemosa) and Secamone (including Secamone africana and Secamone parviflora).[2]
Subspecies
- Amauris echeria echeria (Cape to Natal, Zululand, Transvaal)
- Amauris echeria abessinica Schmidt, 1921 (Eritrea, northern Ethiopia)
- Amauris echeria chyuluensis van Someren, 1939 (south-eastern Kenya (Chyulu, Sagala, Emali, Teita))
- Amauris echeria contracta Talbot, 1940 (western Kenya, Kitale)
- Amauris echeria fernandina Schultze, 1914 (Fernando Póo (Macías Nguema Island))
- Amauris echeria jacksoni Sharpe, 1892 (Kenya west of the Rift Valley)
- Amauris echeria katangae Neave, 1910 (southern Zaire (southern Shaba), Zambia)
- Amauris echeria kikuyu Talbot, 1940 (eastern Kenya (Katamayu to Meru, Nyambeni))
- Amauris echeria lobengula (Sharpe, 1890) (Rhodesia, southern Mozambique, southern Malawi (Mount Mlanje))
- Amauris echeria meruensis Talbot, 1940 (northern Tanzania (Arusha, Moshi, Nogorongoro))
- Amauris echeria mongallensis Carpenter, 1928 (southern Sudan, northern Uganda)
- Amauris echeria mpala Talbot, 1940 (highlands of Zaire)
- Amauris echeria occidentalis Schmidt, 1921 (Cameroon)
- Amauris echeria septentrionis Poulton, 1924 (northern Kenya (Marsabit, Nyiro, Kulal))
- Amauris echeria serica Talbot, 1940 (southern Tanzania, northern Malawi)
- Amauris echeria steckeri Kheil, 1890 (southern Ethiopia, western Ethiopia, southern Sudan)
- Amauris echeria terrena Talbot, 1940 (western Uganda, eastern Zaire, north-western Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi)
- Amauris echeria whytei Butler, 1894 (southern Malawi (Zomba Plateau))
References
- Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 24 nominate and jacksoni Sharpe, 1892
- Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 25 ssp. lobengula misspelling
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