Amauris ochlea
Novice | |
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male, Mabibi, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | |
female | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Amauris |
Species: | A. ochlea |
Binomial name | |
Amauris ochlea (Boisduval, 1847) | |
Synonyms | |
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Amauris ochlea (novice) is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in southern and south-east Africa.
The wingspan is 55–60 mm for males and 60-65 for females. Adults are on wing year round (with peaks in summer and autumn).[1]
The larvae feed on Tylophora anomala, Tylophora stolzii, Gymnema, Marsdenia, Secamone, Cynanchum chirindense, Cyanchum abyssinicum, Cynanchum medium, Cynanchum nigrum, Cynanchum natalitium and Cynanchum vincetoxicum.[2]
Subspecies
- Amauris ochlea ochlea (eastern Kenya to Zululand, Natal)
- Amauris ochlea affinis Aurivillius, 1911 (Comoro Islands)
- Amauris ochlea bumilleri Lanz, 1896 (northern Malawi, south-western Tanzania, Zambia)
- Amauris ochlea darius Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 (northern Kenya (Meru, Mount Kulai) to southern Somalia and southern Ethiopia)
- Amauris ochlea moya Turlin, 1994 (Comoro Islands)
- Amauris ochlea ochleides Staudinger, 1896 (Eritrea, northern Ethiopia)
Gallery
Specimens from the coastal forest at Mabibi, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa
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male underside
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male worn
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female underside
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female very worn
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in flight
References
- Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 24 a nominate b bumilleri
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