Amauris albimaculata

Amauris albimaculata
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Amauris
Species:	A. albimaculata
Binomial name
Amauris albimaculata Butler, 1875
Synonyms
Amauris echeria var. albimaculata Butler, 1875 Amauris egialea var. impar Aurivillius, 1922 Amauris albimaculata magnimacula f. semifascia Talbot, 1941 Amauris egialea similis Joicey & Talbot, 1921 Hirsutis virginalis Köhler, 1923 Amauris hanningtoni Butler, 1888 Amauris intermedians Hulstaert, 1926 Amauris albimaculata f. magnimacula Rebel, 1914

The Layman (Amauris albimaculata) is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in southern Africa.

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

The larvae feed on Tylophora anomala, Tylophora stolzii, Cynanchum chirindense, Cynanchum vincetoxicum, Gymnema, Marsdenia (including Marsdenia angolensis and Marsdenia 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

1. Woodhall, S. Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa, Cape Town:Struik Publishers, 2005.
2. Amauris, Site of Markku Savela

• Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 24 hanningtoni