Amauris crawshayi

Amauris crawshayi
Amauris crawshayi depicted in Seitz Fauna Africana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Amauris
Species: A. crawshayi
Binomial name
Amauris crawshayi
Butler, 1897[1]
Synonyms
  • Amauris echeria var. alba Neustetter, 1916
  • Amauris (Amaura) crawshayi
  • Amauris angola Bethune-Baker, 1914
  • Amauris lobengula camerunica Joicey & Talbot, 1925
  • Amauris echeria var. oscarus Thurau, 1904
  • Amauris echeria var. prominens Grünberg, 1908
  • Amauris crawshayi var. reducta Aurivillius, 1922
  • Amauris echeria simulator Talbot, 1926

Amauris crawshayi is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Cameroon, Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi and Zambia.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

The larvae feed on Tylophora (including Tylophora anomala), Marsdenia, Cynanchum, Gymnema and Secamone species.

Subspecies

References

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