Amauris_albimaculata

<i>Amauris albimaculata</i>

Amauris albimaculata

Species of butterfly

Amauris albimaculata, the layman, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in southern Africa.

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The wingspan is 50–60 mm for males and 62–68 for females. Adults are on the wing year-round (with peaks in summer and autumn).[1]

The larvae feed on Tylophora anomala, T. stolzii, Cynanchum chirindense, C. vincetoxicum, Gymnema, Marsdenia (including M. angolensis and M. racemosa) and Secamone.[2]

Subspecies

  • Amauris albimaculata albimaculata (South Africa, southern Mozambique)
  • Amauris albimaculata chirindana Talbot, 1941 (western Mozambique, eastern Zimbabwe)
  • Amauris albimaculata hanningtoni Butler, 1888 (southern Somalia, eastern Kenya, eastern Tanzania)
  • Amauris albimaculata intermedians Hulstaert, 1926 (Cameroon)
  • Amauris albimaculata interposita Talbot, 1940 (western Kenya, northern Tanzania)
  • Amauris albimaculata latifascia Talbot, 1940 (Tanzania, Malawi, northern Zambia)
  • Amauris albimaculata magnimacula Rebel, 1914 (Uganda, eastern Zaire, north-western Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi)
  • Amauris albimaculata sudanica Talbot, 1940 (Sudan, Ethiopia)

References

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  1. [1]
    Woodhall, Steve (2005). Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa: Struik. ISBN 978-1-86872-724-7.
  2. [2]
    Amauris at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms


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