Amauris inferna

Amauris inferna

Amauris inferna depicted in Seitz Fauna Africana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Amauris
Species:	A. inferna
Binomial name
*Amauris inferna* Butler , 1871^[1]
Synonyms
Amauris (Amaura) inferna Amauris egialea r. semvitrea Mabille, 1876 Amauris hecatoides Aurivillius, 1901 Amauris hecate ab. reuteri Strand, 1910 Amauris inferna ab. infernalis Strand, 1912 Amauris grogani Sharpe, 1901 Amauris torleyi Hulstaert, 1926 Amauris egialea f. aurivilliana Bryk, 1937

Amauris inferna is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Cameroon, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda and Tanzania.^[2] The habitat consists of forests.

Adult males mud-puddle.

Subspecies

Amauris inferna inferna (Cameroon, Gabon, Democratic Republic of Congo: Kinshasa)
Amauris inferna discus Talbot, 1940 (Democratic Republic of Congo: west and central to Kwilu, Sankuru, Kisangami)
Amauris inferna grogani Sharpe, 1901 (western Uganda, Democratic Republic of Congo: east to northern Kivu and Ituri)
Amauris inferna moka Talbot, 1940 (Bioko)
Amauris inferna uganda Talbot, 1940 (Uganda, Tanzania: north-west and Kere Hill)

References

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Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 25 as hecatoides

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↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Subtribe Danaina

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