Amauris hecate

Amauris hecate
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Amauris
Species:	A. hecate
Binomial name
Amauris hecate (Butler, 1866)
Synonyms
Danais hecate Butler, 1866 Amauris dira Neave, 1904 Amauris hecate f. reducta Bartel, 1905 Amauris hecate ab. bedoci Dufrane, 1948 Amauris hecate ab. lagai Dufrane, 1948 Amauris hecate f. draedada Stoneham, 1958 Amauris hecate f. tenebrosa Stoneham, 1958 Amauris hecate f. expansa Stoneham, 1958

The Dusky Danaid, Scarce Monk or Black Friar (Amauris hecate) is a species of butterfly of the Nymphalidae family.^[1] It is found in Africa, from Guinea and Liberia to Ghana, Cameroun, Angola, Zaire, Uganda, Southern Sudan and Western Kenya and Southern Ethiopia.

Subspecies

• Amauris hecate hecate (Guinea, Liberia to Ghana, Cameroon, Angola, Zaire, Uganda, Southern Sudan and Western Kenya)
• Amauris hecate stictica Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 (Southern Ethiopia)

References

1. Markku Savela (September 1, 2008). "Amauris genus". funet.fi. Archived from the original on 15 April 2009. Retrieved 2009-03-25.

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