Amauris hecate explained

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

• 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

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Amauris Hübner, 1816 . Markku Savela. FUNET . September 1, 2008. 2009-03-25. https://web.archive.org/web/20090415060538/http://ftp.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/nymphalidae/danainae/amauris/index.html. 15 April 2009 . live.