Biology:Amauris hyalites

Short description: Species of butterfly

Amauris hyalites
Amauris hyalites depicted in Seitz Fauna Africana
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Amauris
Species:	A. hyalites
Binomial name
Amauris hyalites Butler, 1874
Synonyms
Amauris (Amaura) hyalites Amauris damocles hyalites Amauris difficilis Aurivillius, 1891 Amauris fenestrata Aurivillius, 1907 Amauris schubotzi Schultze, 1914 Amauris lygia Hulstaert, 1924

Amauris hyalites is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in southern Cameroon, Bioko, Gabon, Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo, western Tanzania and western Zambia. The habitat consists of low to medium altitude forests.

Adult males are attracted to wet sand.

The larvae feed on Asclepiadaceae species.

References

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

Wikidata ☰ Q2365915 entry