Biology:Amauris inferna
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Short description: Species of butterfly
| Amauris inferna | |
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| In 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. inferna
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| Binomial name | |
| Amauris inferna Butler, 1871[1]
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Amauris inferna is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Cameroon, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda and Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of forests.
Adult males mud-puddle.
Subspecies
- Amauris inferna inferna (Cameroon, Gabon, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Kinshasa)
- Amauris inferna discus Talbot, 1940 (Democratic Republic of the Congo: west and central to Kwilu, Sankuru, Kisangami)
- Amauris inferna grogani Sharpe, 1901 (western Uganda, Democratic Republic of the 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
- ↑ "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 ☰ Q2636106 entry
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