Amauris inferna
Appearance
Amauris inferna | |
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In Adalbert Seitz's Fauna Africana | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Amauris |
Species: | A. inferna
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Binomial name | |
Amauris inferna | |
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Amauris inferna is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Cameroon, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda and Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of forests.
Adult males mud-puddle.
Subspecies
[edit]- Amauris inferna inferna (Cameroon, Gabon, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Kinshasa)
- Amauris inferna discus Talbot, 1940 (Democratic Republic of the Congo: west and central to Kwilu, Sankuru, Kisangami)
- Amauris inferna grogani Sharpe, 1901 (western Uganda, Democratic Republic of the Congo: east to northern Kivu and Ituri)
- Amauris inferna moka Talbot, 1940 (Bioko)
- Amauris inferna uganda Talbot, 1940 (Uganda, Tanzania: north-west and Kere Hill)
References
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- Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 25 as hecatoides
- ^ "Amauris Hübner, 1816" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Subtribe Danaina". Archived from the original on 2012-04-26. Retrieved 2012-05-30.