Amauris hecate
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Amauris |
| Species: | A. hecate
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| Amauris hecate (Butler, 1866)
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Amauris hecate, the dusky Danaid, scarce monk or black friar, is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae.[1] It is found in Africa, from Guinea and Liberia to Ghana, Cameroun, Angola, Zaire, Uganda, Southern Sudan and Western Kenya and Southern Ethiopia.
Subspecies
[edit]- Amauris hecate hecate (Guinea, Liberia to Ghana, Cameroon, Angola, Zaire, Uganda, Southern Sudan and Western Kenya)
- Amauris hecate stictica Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 (Southern Ethiopia)
References
[edit]- ^ Markku Savela (September 1, 2008). "Amauris Hübner, 1816". FUNET. Archived from the original on 15 April 2009. Retrieved 2009-03-25.
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