Amauris albimaculata explained

Amauris albimaculata, the layman, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in southern Africa.

The wingspan is 50–60 mm for males and 62–68 for females. Adults are on the wing year-round (with peaks in summer and autumn).^[1]

The larvae feed on Tylophora anomala, T. stolzii, Cynanchum chirindense, C. vincetoxicum, Gymnema, Marsdenia (including M. angolensis and M. racemosa) and Secamone.^[2]

Subspecies

• Amauris albimaculata albimaculata (South Africa, southern Mozambique)
• Amauris albimaculata chirindana Talbot, 1941 (western Mozambique, eastern Zimbabwe)
• Amauris albimaculata hanningtoni Butler, 1888 (southern Somalia, eastern Kenya, eastern Tanzania)
• Amauris albimaculata intermedians Hulstaert, 1926 (Cameroon)
• Amauris albimaculata interposita Talbot, 1940 (western Kenya, northern Tanzania)
• Amauris albimaculata latifascia Talbot, 1940 (Tanzania, Malawi, northern Zambia)
• Amauris albimaculata magnimacula Rebel, 1914 (Uganda, eastern Zaire, north-western Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi)
• Amauris albimaculata sudanica Talbot, 1940 (Sudan, Ethiopia)

References

• Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 24 hanningtoni

Notes and References

1. Book: Woodhall, Steve . Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa . 2005 . Cape Town, South Africa . Struik . 978-1-86872-724-7 .
2. http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/nymphalidae/danainae/amauris/index.html Amauris