Biology:Amauris crawshayi
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Short description: Species of butterfly
| Amauris crawshayi | |
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| From Adalbert Seitz's Fauna Africana | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Amauris |
| Species: | A. crawshayi
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| Binomial name | |
| Amauris crawshayi Butler, 1897[1]
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| Synonyms | |
(Amaura) crawshayi
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Amauris crawshayi is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Cameroon, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi and Zambia.[2] The habitat consists of forests.
The larvae feed on Vincetoxicum (syn. Tylophora) (including V. anomala), Marsdenia, Cynanchum, Gymnema and Secamone species.
Subspecies
- A. c. crawshayi (northern Malawi, southern and south-eastern Tanzania)
- A. c. angola Bethune-Baker, 1914 (Angola)
- A. c. camerunica Joicey & Talbot, 1925 (Ghana to Cameroon)
- A. c. oscarus Thurau, 1904 (western Kenya, Uganda, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Burundi, north-western Tanzania)
- A. c. simulator Talbot, 1926 (Zambia, Democratic Republic of the Congo: south-east to Shaba, Lulua, Maniema)
References
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- Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 24 ssp. crawshayi and oscarus
- ↑ "Amauris Hübner, 1816" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ↑ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Subtribe Danaina". http://atbutterflies.com/downloads/nymphalidae_danaina.doc.
Wikidata ☰ Q2507303 entry
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