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Species of butterfly
Layman
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Figure 5
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Scientific classification
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Domain:
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Eukaryota
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Kingdom:
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Animalia
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Phylum:
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Arthropoda
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Class:
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Insecta
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Order:
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Lepidoptera
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Family:
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Nymphalidae
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Genus:
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Amauris
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Species:
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A. albimaculata
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Binomial name
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Amauris albimaculata
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Synonyms
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- Amauris echeria var. albimaculata Butler, 1875
- Amauris egialea var. impar Aurivillius, 1922
- Amauris albimaculata magnimacula f. semifascia Talbot, 1941
- Amauris egialea similis Joicey & Talbot, 1921
- Hirsutis virginalis Köhler, 1923
- Amauris hanningtoni Butler, 1888
- Amauris intermedians Hulstaert, 1926
- Amauris albimaculata f. magnimacula Rebel, 1914
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Amauris albimaculata, the layman, is a
butterfly of the family
Nymphalidae. It is found in southern
Africa.
The
wingspan is 50–60 mm for males and 62–68 for females. Adults are on the wing year-round (with peaks in summer and autumn).
[1]
The larvae feed on
Tylophora anomala,
T. stolzii,
Cynanchum chirindense,
C. vincetoxicum,
Gymnema,
Marsdenia (including
M. angolensis and
M. racemosa) and
Secamone.
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Subspecies
- Amauris albimaculata albimaculata (South Africa, southern Mozambique)
- Amauris albimaculata chirindana Talbot, 1941 (western Mozambique, eastern Zimbabwe)
- Amauris albimaculata hanningtoni Butler, 1888 (southern Somalia, eastern Kenya, eastern Tanzania)
- Amauris albimaculata intermedians Hulstaert, 1926 (Cameroon)
- Amauris albimaculata interposita Talbot, 1940 (western Kenya, northern Tanzania)
- Amauris albimaculata latifascia Talbot, 1940 (Tanzania, Malawi, northern Zambia)
- Amauris albimaculata magnimacula Rebel, 1914 (Uganda, eastern Zaire, north-western Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi)
- Amauris albimaculata sudanica Talbot, 1940 (Sudan, Ethiopia)
References
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^ Woodhall, Steve (2005). Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa: Struik.
ISBN
978-1-86872-724-7.
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Amauris at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms