Amauris hyalites
Species of butterfly
Amauris hyalites | |
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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[1] | |
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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.[2] The habitat consists of low to medium altitude forests.
Adult males are attracted to wet sand.
The larvae feed on Asclepiadaceae species.
References
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- Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 25
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