Mauritian friar
The Mauritian friar (Amauris phoedon) is a species of nymphalid butterfly in the Danainae subfamily. It is endemic to Mauritius.[3]
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Amauris |
| Species: | A. phoedon |
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| Amauris phoedon | |
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Adults have been recorded imbibing exudations from the ends of broken branches of Tournefortia argentea lying on the ground, presumably for the pyrrolizidine alkaloids that may be present in the exudations.
The larvae feed on Tylophora asthmatica.
References
- Lepidoptera Specialist Group (1996). "Amauris phoedon". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T1003A3154736. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T1003A3154736.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- "Amauris Hübner, 1816" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- "Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Subtribe Danaina". Archived from the original on 2012-04-26. Retrieved 2012-05-30.
- Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 24 misspelling phaedon
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