Amauris crawshayi explained

Amauris crawshayi is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Cameroon, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi and Zambia.^[1] The habitat consists of forests.

The larvae feed on Vincetoxicum (syn. Tylophora) (including V. anomala), Marsdenia, Cynanchum, Gymnema and Secamone species.

Subspecies

• A. c. crawshayi (northern Malawi, southern and south-eastern Tanzania)
• A. c. angola Bethune-Baker, 1914 (Angola)
• A. c. camerunica Joicey & Talbot, 1925 (Ghana to Cameroon)
• A. c. oscarus Thurau, 1904 (western Kenya, Uganda, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Burundi, north-western Tanzania)
• A. c. simulator Talbot, 1926 (Zambia, Democratic Republic of the Congo: south-east to Shaba, Lulua, Maniema)

References

• Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 24 ssp. crawshayi and oscarus

Notes and References

1. Web site: Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Subtribe Danaina . 2012-05-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120426061222/http://www.atbutterflies.com/downloads/nymphalidae_danaina.doc . 2012-04-26 . dead .