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Amauris (Butterfly)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Amauris is a genus of nymphalid butterfly in the Danainae subfamily. Amauris niavius niavius, Amauris echeria jacksoni, and Amauris dominicanus are mimiced by Papilio dardanus females.Other mimics of Amauris are found among other Papilios, the Nymphaline genus Pseudacraea and Hypolimnas anthedon.
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Species

Amauris albimaculata (Layman)
Amauris brumilleri
Amauris comorana (Comoro Friar) (Endangered)
Amauris crawshayi
Amauris damocles
Amauris dannfelti
Amauris echeria (Chief)
Amauris ellioti
Amauris hecate (Dusky Danaid)
Amauris inferna
Amauris niavius (Friar butterfly)
Amauris nossima (Madagascar friar butterfly) (Vulnerable)
Amauris ochlea (Novice)
Amauris phoedon (Mauritian Friar) (Vulnerable)
Amauris tartarea
Amauris vashti

External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0