Amauris ellioti
Amauris ellioti | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Amauris |
Species: | A. ellioti |
Binomial name | |
Amauris ellioti Butler, 1895[1] | |
Synonyms | |
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Amauris ellioti, Ansorge's Danaid, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi and Zambia.[2] The habitat consists of semi-montane forests.
The larvae feed on Tylophora stolzii, Tylophora anomala, Marsdenia racemosa, Gongronema latifolium, Cynanchum, Gymnema and Secamone species.
Subspecies
- Amauris ellioti ellioti (eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, western Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi)
- Amauris ellioti altumi van Someren, 1936 (Kenya: east of the Rift Valley, Tanzania)
- Amauris ellioti ansorgei Sharpe, 1896 (Uganda: western slopes of Mount Elgon, Kenya: west of the Rift Valley)
- Amauris ellioti junia (Le Cerf, 1920) (northern Malawi, Zambia, Tanzania: north, central and southern highlands)
References
- Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 24 ssp. ansorgei
- Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 25
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- ↑ Amauris, Site of Markku Savela
- ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Subtribe Danaina
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