| Species name |
Amauris crawshayi Butler, 1897 |
| Taxonomy |
Amauris
crawshayi
Butler, 1897. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1896:
821 (817-850).
Type locality: Malawi:
gKapora, Songwe plain; Nkata Bay, W. coast of Lake Nyasah.
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| Subspecies |
Amauris crawshayi crawshayi Butler, 1897
Amauris crawshayi angola Bethune-Baker, 1914: Angola.
Amauris crawshayi camerunica Joicey & Talbot, 1925: Ghana, to Cameroon.
Amauris crawshayi oscarus Thurau, 1904:Kenya (west), Uganda,
Democratic Republic of Congo (Haut-Uele, Ituri, Kivu), Rwanda, Burundi,
Tanzania
(north-west).
Amauris crawshayi simulator Talbot, 1926: Democratic Republic
of Congo (south-east - Shaba, Lulua, Maniema), Zambia.
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Distribution
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Cameroon, Angola,
Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda,
Rwanda, Burundi, Kenya,
Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia |
| Distribution Map |
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Biology
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Host plants: Tylophora species (Asclepiadaceae) [Kielland, 1990:
74]. Marsdenia species (Asclepiadaceae) [Kielland, 1990: 74]. Cynanchum species (Asclepiadaceae) [Kielland, 1990: 74]. Gymnema species (Asclepiadaceae) [Larsen, 1991: 261]. Secamone species (Asclepiadaceae) [Larsen, 1991: 261]. Tylophora anomala (Asclepiadaceae) [Heath, et al., 2002: 49].
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| Nigeria |
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References
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Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter.
Plate XIII 25 as egialea
Amauris, Site of Markku Savela
Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Subtribe Danaina |
