Amauris inferna

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.

Amauris inferna
In Adalbert Seitz's Fauna Africana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Amauris
Species:
A. inferna
Binomial name
Amauris inferna
Butler, 1871[1]
Synonyms
  • Amauris (Amaura) inferna
  • Amauris egialea r. semvitrea Mabille, 1876
  • Amauris hecatoides Aurivillius, 1901
  • Amauris hecate ab. reuteri Strand, 1910
  • Amauris inferna ab. infernalis Strand, 1912
  • Amauris grogani Sharpe, 1901
  • Amauris torleyi Hulstaert, 1926
  • Amauris egialea f. aurivilliana Bryk, 1937

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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  1. "Amauris Hübner, 1816" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. "Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Subtribe Danaina". Archived from the original on 2012-04-26. Retrieved 2012-05-30.


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