Amauris hecate

Amauris hecate
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Amauris
Species:	A. hecate
Binomial name
	Amauris hecate; (Butler, 1866)
Synonyms
	Danais hecate Butler, 1866; Amauris dira Neave, 1904; Amauris hecate f. reducta Bartel, 1905; Amauris hecate ab. bedoci Dufrane, 1948; Amauris hecate ab. lagai Dufrane, 1948; Amauris hecate f. draedada Stoneham, 1958; Amauris hecate f. tenebrosa Stoneham, 1958; Amauris hecate f. expansa Stoneham, 1958;

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

Subspecies

Amauris hecate hecate (Guinea, Liberia to Ghana, Cameroon, Angola, Zaire, Uganda, Southern Sudan and Western Kenya)
Amauris hecate stictica Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 (Southern Ethiopia)

^ Markku Savela (September 1, 2008). "Amauris genus". funet.fi. Archived from the original on 15 April 2009. Retrieved 2009-03-25. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

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