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Amauris Hübner, 1816

Amauris Hübner, 1816; Verz. bek. Schmett. (1): 14, TS: Papilio niavius Linnaeus
Amaura Geyer, 1837; in Hübner, Zuträge. Samml. exot. Schmett. 5 : 39, TS: Danais phaedone Godart
Conoploea Guenée, 1865; in Vinson, Voy. Madagascar, Annexe F: 27, TS: Danais phaedone Godart
Cadytis Moore, 1883; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1883 (2): 226, TS: Danais vashti Butler
Berethis Moore, 1883; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1883 (2): 228, TS: Papilio phoedon Fabricius
Nebroda Moore, 1883; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1883 (2): 228, TS: Papilio echeria Stoll
Amaurina Aurivillius, 1910; in Sjösted, Kilimandjaro-Meru Exped. 2 (9) : 2 (preocc. Amaurina Kolbe, 1895), TS: Amauris ansorgei Sharpe
Panamauris Bryk, 1937; Lep. Cat. 28 (78): 183 (repl. for Amaurina Aurivillius, 1910), TS: Amauris ansorgei Sharpe
Egialea Hemming, 1964; Annot. lep. (4): 145, TS: Papilio damocles Fabricius
Amauris, NSG Voucher Specimen [Wahlberg]
Amauris ; [MWB, 189]
Amauris (Danaina) ; [Wahlberg]; [AfrL]

Amauris niavius (Linnaeus, 1758)

Forested Tropical Africa. See [About maps] Friar
Papilio niavius Linnaeus, 1758; Syst. Nat. (Edn 10) 1 : 470, TL: [W.Africa]
obliterata Dufrane, 1948²
partita Talbot, 1941²
Amauris niavius, NSG Voucher Specimen [Wahlberg]
Amauris niavius ; [BK: 258, pl. 27, f. 388]; [EBW]; [BOW: pl. 110, f. 20]; [MWB: 189, pl. 10, f. 57-58]
Amauris (Amauris) niavius ; [AfrL]

Larva on Cynanchum, Gymnema, Marsdenia, Secamone, Tylophora [BK], Cynanchum medium, C. nigrum, C. vincetoxicum, (captivity) Gymnema sylvestre, Ipomoea, (captivity) [MWB]

A. n. niavius

W.Kenya - Zaire, Angola, Cameroun, Sierra Leone, Guinea, Fernando Póo (Macías Nguema I.) Amauris niavius niavius ; [BAFR, 154]
Amauris (Amauris) niavius niavius ; [AfrL]

A. n. dominicanus Trimen, 1879

Natal, Moçambique, Rhodesia - Malawi, E.Tanzania, E.Kenya (E of Rift Valley) Amauris niavius dominicanus Trimen, 1879; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1879 (4) : 323
Amauris niavius dominicanus ; [BAFR, 154]
Amauris (Amauris) niavius dominicanus ; [AfrL]

Larva on Gymnema sylvestre [PBSA]

A. n. aethiops Rothschild & Jordan, 1903

Ethiopia, N.Uganda, S.Sudan Amauris niavius aethiops Rothschild & Jordan, 1903; Novit. Zool. 10 (3): 503, TL: Anderatscha
Amauris niavius aethiops ; [BAFR, 154 (text)]
Amauris (Amauris) niavius aethiops ; [AfrL]

Amauris tartarea Mabille, 1876

-. See [About maps] Monk
Amauris egialea var. tartarea Mabille, 1876; Bull. Soc. zool. Fr. 1 : 199, TL: Angola, Cabinda
albidior Staudinger, 1896²
amplificata Joicey & Talbot, 1925²
bassana Strand, 1913²
bibundana Strand, 1913²
gabunica Aurivillius, 1881²
intermedia Grunberg, 1911²
?lagai Dufrane, 1948²
lecerfi Boullet, 1913²
Amauris mozarti Suffert, 1904; Dt. Ent. Z. Iris 17 (1) : 12, TL: Ebea, Camerun
palisotea Stoneham, 1958²
psyttaloides Strand, 1913²
Amauris tartarea reata Suffert, 1904; Dt. Ent. Z. Iris 17 (1) : 13, TL: ? Cameroun; Togo
steropes Stoneham, 1958²
tartaroides Strand, 1913²
vansomereni Bryk, 1937²
Amauris tartarea ; [BK: 259, pl. 27, f. 390]; [BOW: pl. 110, f. 23]; [MWB: 190, pl. 10, f. 59-60]
Amauris (Amauris) tartarea ; [AfrL]

Larva on Brassica oleracea vaar. capita? [MWB]

A. t. tartarea

W.Kenya, Uganda - Zaire, W.Tanzania, Angola, Cameroun, Sierra Leone, Guinea Amauris psyttalea Plötz, 1880; Stettin ent. Ztg 41 (4-6): 189
Amauris tartarea tartarea ; [BAFR, 154]
Amauris tartarea tartarea f. psyttalea ; [BAFR, 154, fig.]
Amauris (Amauris) tartarea tartarea ; [AfrL]

?A. t. bulbifera Grose-Smith, 1887²

E.Africa Amauris bulbifera ; [BOW: pl. 110, f. 23 (text only)]

A. t. damoclides Staudinger, 1896

SE.Kenya, E.Tanzania, Malawi Amauris damoclides Staudinger, 1896; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 8 (2) : 367, pl. 7, f. 3
Amauris tartarea damoclides ; [BAFR, 154 (text)]
Amauris (Amauris) tartarea damoclides ; [AfrL]

A. t. tukuyuensis Kielland, 1990

Amauris (Amauris) tartarea tukuyuensis ; [AfrL]

Amauris ellioti Butler, 1895

-. See [About maps] Ansorge's Danaid
Amauris ellioti Butler, 1895; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 16 (91) : 122, TL: Uganda
duponti Dufrane, 1948²
neavei Poulton, 1929²
styx Rebel, 1914²
torrefacta Le Cerf, 1920²
Amauris ellioti, NSG Voucher Specimen [Wahlberg]
Amauris ellioti ; Butler, [1896], Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1895 : 723, pl. 42, f. 1; [EBW]; [MWB: 191, pl. 10, f. 61]
Amauris (Amaura) ellioti ; [AfrL]

Larva on Cynanchum, Gymnema, Marsdenia, Secamone, Tylophora [BK], Marsdenia racemosa, Tylophora anomala, T. stolzii? [MWB]

A. e. ellioti

W.Uganda, E.Zaire, Rwanda Amauris ellioti ellioti ; [BAFR, 158 (labelled as E. mitra)]
Amauris (Amaura) ellioti ellioti ; [AfrL]

A. e. altumi van Someren, 1936

Kenya? ellioti altumi van Someren, 1936; (?1926)
altumi (Poulton, 1929) (Amaurina); Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 77: 476
Amauris ellioti altumi ; [BAFR, 158 (text)]
Amauris (Amaura) ellioti altumi ; [AfrL]

A. e. ansorgei Sharpe, 1896

W.Kenya (W of Rift Valley), E.Uganda? Amauris ansorgei Sharpe, 1896; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 18 : 158
Amauris ansorgei ; [BOW: pl. 110, f. 13]
Amauris ellioti ansorgei ; [BAFR, 158 (text)]
Amauris (Amaura) ellioti ansorgei ; [AfrL]

A. e. junia (Le Cerf, 1920)

S.Tanzania, N.Malawi Amauris ellioti junia ; [BAFR, 158 (text)]
Amauris (Amaura) ellioti junia ; [AfrL]

Amauris echeria (Stoll, [1790])

-. See [About maps] Papilio echeria Stoll, [1790]; Aanhaangsel Werk, Uitl. Kapellen (2-5): 135, pl. 19, f. 2, 23, TL: South Africa
echerioides Weistman, 1913²
imatongensis Talbot, 1941²
luxuriosa Talbot, 1940²
vaal Talbot, 1940²
vaillantiana Godart, 1819²
Amauris echeria ; [EBW]; [BOW: pl. 110, f. 14]; [BK: 260, pl. 27, f. 392]; [MWB: 192, pl. 11, f. 64, pl. XI, f. 163]
Amauris (Amaura) echeria ; [AfrL]

Larva on Tylophora anomala, Cynanchum chirindense [PBSA], Gymnema, Marsdenia, Secamone [BK], Gymnema sylvestre, Marsdenia angolensis, M. racemosa, Secamone africana, S. parviflora, Tylophora anomala, T. stolzii? [MWB]

A. e. echeria

Cape - Natal, Zululand, Transvaal Amauris echeria echeria ; [BAFR, 157]
Amauris (Amaura) echeria echeria ; [AfrL]

A. e. jacksoni Sharpe, 1892

W.Kenya (W of Rift Valley) Amauris echeria jacksoni ; [BAFR, 157]
Amauris (Amaura) echeria jacksoni ; [AfrL]

A. e. kikuyu Talbot, 1940

E.Kenya (Katamayu - Meru, Nyambeni) Amauris echeria kikuyu ; [BAFR, 157 (text)]
Amauris (Amaura) echeria kikuyu ; [AfrL]

A. e. chyuluensis van Someren, 1939

SE.Kenya (Chyulu, Sagala, Emali, Teita) Amauris (Amaura) echeria chyuluensis ; [AfrL]
Amauris echeria chyuluensis ; [BAFR, 157 (text)]

A. e. contracta Talbot, 1940

W.Kenya, Kitale Amauris echeria contracta ; [BAFR, 157 (text)]
Amauris (Amaura) echeria contracta ; [AfrL]

A. e. abessinica Schmidt, 1921

Eritrea, N.Ethiopia Amauris lonengula abessinica Schmidt, 1921; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 35 (1/2) : 32
Amauris echeria abessinica ; [BAFR, 157 (text)]
Amauris (Amaura) echeria abessinica ; [AfrL]

A. e. katangae Neave, 1910

S.Zaire (S.Shaba), Zambia? Amauris echeria katangae ; [BAFR, 157]
Amauris (Amaura) echeria katangae ; [AfrL]

A. e. fernandina Schultze, 1914

Fernando Póo (Macías Nguema I.) Amauris echeria fernandina ; [BAFR, 157 (text)]
Amauris (Amaura) echeria fernandina ; [AfrL]

A. e. lobengula (Sharpe, 1890)

Rhodesia, S.Mozambique, S.Malawi (Mt. Mlanje) Nebroda lobengula Sharpe, 1890; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 6 (34) : 346, TL: Matabe Land
Amauris lobulenga[sic] ; [EBW, (name only)]
Amauris echeria lobengula ; [BAFR, 157 (text)]
Amauris (Amaura) echeria lobengula ; [AfrL]

A. e. meruensis Talbot, 1940

N.Tanzania (Arusha, Moshi, Nogorongoro) Amauris echeria meruensis ; [BAFR, 157 (text)]
Amauris (Amaura) echeria meruensis ; [AfrL]

A. e. mongallensis Carpenter, 1928

S.Sudan, N.Uganda Amauris echeria mongallensis ; [BAFR, 157 (text)]
Amauris (Amaura) echeria mongallensis ; [AfrL]

A. e. mpala Talbot, 1940

Zaire (highlands) Amauris echeria mpala ; [BAFR, 157 (text)]
Amauris (Amaura) echeria mpala ; [AfrL]

A. e. occidentalis Schmidt, 1921

Cameroun Amauris echeria occidentalis Schmidt, 1921; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 35 (1/2) : 33
Amauris echeria occidentalis ; [BAFR, 157 (text)]
Amauris (Amaura) echeria occidentalis ; [AfrL]

A. e. septentrionis Poulton, 1924

N.Kenya (Marsabit, Nyiro, Kulal) Amauris echeria septentrionis ; [BAFR, 157 (text)]
Amauris (Amaura) echeria septentrionis ; [AfrL]

A. e. serica Talbot, 1940

S.Tanzania, N.Malawi Amauris echeria serica ; [BAFR, 157 (text)]
Amauris (Amaura) echeria serica ; [AfrL]

A. e. steckeri Kheil, 1890

S.Ethiopia, W.Ethiopia, S.Sudan Amauris steckeri Kheil, 1890; Berl. Ent. Zs. 33 (2) : 393, TL: Abyssinia
Amauris echeria streckeri[sic] ; Rothschild & Jordan, 1903, Novit. Zool. 10 (3): 504; [BAFR, 157 (text)]
Amauris (Amaura) echeria steckeri ; [AfrL]

A. e. terrena Talbot, 1940

W.Uganda, E.Zaire, NW.Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi Amauris echeria terrena ; [BAFR, 157 (text)]
Amauris (Amaura) echeria terrena ; [AfrL]

A. e. whytei Butler, 1894

S.Malawi (Zomba Plateau) Amauris echeria whytei ; [BAFR, 157 (text)]
Amauris (Amaura) echeria whytei ; [AfrL]

Amauris vashti (Butler, 1869)

Nigeria, Cameroun, C.A.R., C.Zaire. See [About maps] Danais vashti Butler, 1869; Cistula ent. 1: 1, TL: Nigeria
unipuncta Dufrane, 1948²
Amauris vashti, NSG Voucher Specimen [Wahlberg]
Amauris vashti ; [EBW]; [BOW: pl. 110, f. 24]; [BAFR, 158]; [MWB: 192, pl. 11, f. 65, pl. VII, f. 56]
Amauris (Amaura) vashti ; [AfrL]

Amauris crawshayi Butler, 1897

-. See [About maps] Amauris crawshayi Butler, 1897; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1896 : 821, TL: N.Malawi
angola Bethune-Baker, 1914²
Amauris echeria var. prominens Grünberg, 1908; S.B. Ges naturf. Fr. Berl. 1908 : 50, pl. 2, f. 1, TL: Uganda
reducta Aurivillius, 1922²
Amauris oscarus crawshayi ; auth.
Amauris crawshayi ; [MWB: 193, pl. 11, f. 66-67, pl. XI, f. 161]
Amauris reducta ; [EBW, (name only)]
Amauris (Amaura) crawshayi ; [AfrL]

A. c. crawshayi

N.Malawi Amauris crawshayi crawshayi ; [BAFR, 158 (labelled as E. euphon, E. desjardini)]
Amauris (Amaura) crawshayi crawshayi ; [AfrL]

A. c. oscarus Thurau, 1904

Zaire - Tanzania, W.Kenya, Uganda, Burundi, Rwanda Amauris crawshayi oscarus ; [BAFR, 158 (labelled as E. desjardinsi?)]; [MWB, 193]
Amauris oscarus oscarus ; [BK: 261, pl. 27, f. 394]
Amauris (Amaura) crawshayi oscarus ; [AfrL]

Larva on Cynanchum, Gymnema, Marsdenia, Secamone, Tylophora [BK]

A. c. angola Bethune-Baker, 1914

Amauris (Amaura) crawshayi angola ; [AfrL]

?A. c. alba Neustetter, 1916²

Tanzania? ?Amauris crawshayi alba ; [BAFR, 158 (text)]

A. c. camerunica Joicey & Talbot, 1925

Cameroun - Ghana Amauris crawshayi camerunica ; [BAFR, 158 (text)]
Amauris (Amaura) crawshayi camerunica ; [AfrL]

?A. c. angolae Talbot²

Angola ?Amauris crawshayi angolae ; [BAFR, 158 (text)]

A. c. simulator Talbot, 1926

S.Zaire (Shaba) Amauris crawshayi simulator ; [BAFR, 158 (text)]
Amauris (Amaura) crawshayi simulator ; [AfrL]

Amauris damocles (Fabricius, 1793)

Sierra Leone - Nigeria, Uganda?. See [About maps] Papilio damocles Fabricius, 1793; Ent. Syst. 3 (1): 41, TL: [W.Africa]
Papilio egialea Cramer, [1777]; Uitl. Kapellen 2 (9-16): 146, pl. 192, f. D

= ; Vane-Wright, 2003, Syst. & Biodiv. 1 (1): 5

Amauris hyalites punctata Dufrane, 1948; Bull. Soc. linn. Lyon 17 (10) : 193

= ; Vane-Wright, 2003, Syst. & Biodiv. 1 (1): 5

Amauris egialea ; [EBW, (name only)]
Amauris egilaea[sic] ; [BAFR, 155]
?Amauris damocles ?Beauvoir; [EBW]; [BOW: pl. 110, f. 23 (text only)]
Amauris damocles ; [MWB: 193, pl. 11, f. 68, pl. 12, f. 69]
Amauris (Amaura) damocles ; [AfrL]
Amauris (Amaura damocles) damocles ; Vane-Wright, 2003, Syst. & Biodiv. 1 (1): 9

A. d. damocles

Amauris (Amaura) damocles damocles ; [AfrL]

?Amauris lygia Hulstaert, 1924

Congo. See [About maps] Amauris lygia Hulstaert, 1924; Rev. Zool. Afr. 12: 476, TL: Democratic Republic of Congo, Bas Uele, Sassa
Amauris (Amaura damocles) lygia ; Vane-Wright, 2003, Syst. & Biodiv. 1 (1): 9 (incert. sedis)

Amauris hyalites Butler, 1874

-. See [About maps] Amauris hyalites Butler, 1874; Cistula ent. 1 (8) : 209, TL: Angola
Amauris hyalites ; [EBW, (name only)]
Amauris damocles hyalites ;
Amauris hyalites hyalites ; [BAFR, 156]
Amauris (Amaura) hyalites ; [AfrL]
Amauris (Amaura damocles) hyalites ; Vane-Wright, 2003, Syst. & Biodiv. 1 (1): 9

A. h. hyalites

Cameroun - Angola, W.Zambia, Zaire Amauris difficilis Aurivillius, 1891; Ent. Tidskr. 12 : 194, 197

= ; Vane-Wright, 2003, Syst. & Biodiv. 1 (1): 5

Amauris fenestrata Aurivillius, 1907; Ark. Zool. 3 (19) : 1, f. 36

= ; Vane-Wright, 2003, Syst. & Biodiv. 1 (1): 9

Amauris fenestrata ; [BAFR, 156 (text)]; [EBW, (name only)]
Amauris (Amaura damocles) hyalites hyalites ; Vane-Wright, 2003, Syst. & Biodiv. 1 (1): 9

A. h. schubotzi Schultze, 1914

Congo Amauris schubotzi Schultze, 1914; Ent. Rundsch. 31 : 47
Amauris (Amaura damocles) hyalites schubotzi ; Vane-Wright, 2003, Syst. & Biodiv. 1 (1): 9

A. h. makuyensis Carcasson, 1964

W.Tanzania (E shore of L. Tanganyika) Amauris egialea makuyensis Carcasson, 1964; J. E. Africa nat. Hist. Soc. 24: 66
Amauris hyalites makuyensis ; [BAFR, 156]
Amauris (Amaura) damocles makuyensis ; [AfrL]
Amauris (Amaura damocles) hyalites makuyensis ; Vane-Wright, 2003, Syst. & Biodiv. 1 (1): 9

Amauris albimaculata Butler, 1875

-. See [About maps] Layman
Amauris echeria var. albimaculata Butler, 1875; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (4) 16 (96) : 394, TL: South Africa, Natal
impar Aurivillius, 1922²
semifascia Talbot, 1941²
Amauris egialea similis Joicey & Talbot, 1921; Bull. Hill Mus. 1 (1) : 46, pl. 9, f. 5, TL: N.Kivu
virginalis Köhler, 1923²
Amauris albimaculata ; [EBW]; [BOW: pl. 110, f. 12]; [MWB: 194, pl. 12, f. 70, pl. XI, f. 159]; [BK: 261, pl. 27, f. 393]
Amauris (Amaura) albimaculata ; [AfrL]

Larva on Tylophora anomala, Cynanchum chirindense [PBSA], Gymnema, Marsdenia, Secamone [BK], Cynanchum vincetoxicum, Marsdenia angolensis, M. racemosa, Tylophora stolzii? [MWB]

A. a. albimaculata

S.Africa, S.Mozambique Amauris albimaculata albimaculata ; [BAFR, 156]
Amauris (Amaura) albimaculata albimaculata ; [AfrL]

A. a. hanningtoni Butler, 1888

S.Somalia, E.Kenya, E.Tanzania Amauris albimaculata hanningtoni ; [BAFR, 156 (text)]
Amauris (Amaura) albimaculata hanningtoni ; [AfrL]

A. a. magnimacula Rebel, 1914

Uganda, E.Zaire, NW.Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi Amauris albimaculata magnimacula ; [BAFR, 156 (text)]
Amauris (Amaura) albimaculata magnimacula ; [AfrL]

A. a. intermedians Hulstaert, 1926

Cameroun Amauris albimaculata intermedians ; [BAFR, 156 (text)]
Amauris intermedians ; [EBW, (name only)]
Amauris (Amaura) albimaculata intermedians ; [AfrL]

A. a. interposita Talbot, 1940

W.Kenya, N.Tanzania Amauris albimaculata interposita ; [BAFR, 156 (text)]
Amauris (Amaura) albimaculata interposita ; [AfrL]

A. a. sudanica Talbot, 1940

S.Sudan Amauris albimaculata sudanica ; [BAFR, 157 (text)]
Amauris (Amaura) albimaculata sudanica ; [AfrL]

A. a. latifascia Talbot, 1940

Amauris (Amaura) albimaculata latifascia ; [AfrL]

A. a. chirindana Talbot, 1941

Rhodesia Amauris albimaculata chirindana Talbot, 1941; Ent. mon. Mag. 77: 211, pl. 40
Amauris albimaculata chirindana ; [BAFR, 156 (text)]
Amauris (Amaura) albimaculata chirindana ; [AfrL]

Amauris nossima (Ward, 1870)

Madagascar, Comoro Is. (Mayotte). See [About maps] Danais nossima Ward, 1870; Ent. mon. Mag. 6 : 225, TL: Madagascar
f. antsingyi Paulian, 1956
conjuncta Boullet, 1913²
defasciata Röber, 1937²
f. disjuncta Talbot, 1940
interrupta Boullet, 1912²
Amauris nossima ; [BOW: pl. 110, f. 21 (text only)]; [BAFR, 155]; [MWB: 194, pl. 12, f. 71]; [MadL]
Amauris (Amaura) nossima ; [AfrL]

Amauris ochlea (Boisduval, 1847)

-. See [About maps] Novice
Euploea ochlea Boisduval, 1847; in Delegorgue, Voyage Afr. australe, 2: 589, TL: South Africa, Natal
comorana Aurivillius, 1909²
spatiosa Talbot, 1940²
valens Talbot, 1940²
Amauris ochlea ; [BOW: pl. 110, f. 21]; [MWB: 194, pl. 12, f. 72-73]; [BK: 259, pl. 27, f. 389]
Amauris (Amaura) ochlea ; [AfrL]

Larva on Tylophora anomala, Cynanchum chirindense [PBSA], Gymnema, Marsdenia, Secamone [BK], Cyanchum abyssinicum, C. medium, C. nigrum, C. vincetoxicum, Tylophora stolzii? [MWB]

A. o. ochlea

E.Kenya - Zululand, Natal Amauris ochlea ochlea ; [BAFR, 155 (text)]
Amauris (Amaura) ochlea ochlea ; [AfrL]

A. o. bumilleri Lanz, 1896

W.Tanzania Amauris ochlea bumilleri ; [BAFR, 155 (text)]
Amauris (Amaura) ochlea bumilleri ; [AfrL]

A. o. ochleides Staudinger, 1896

Eritrea, N.Ethiopia Amauris ochlea ochleides ; [BAFR, 155 (text)]
Amauris (Amaura) ochlea ochleides ; [AfrL]

A. o. darius Rothschild & Jordan, 1903

N.Kenya (Meru, Mt. Kulai) - S.Somalia, S.Ethiopia Amauris ochleides darius Rothschild & Jordan, 1903; Novit. Zool. 10 (3): 503, TL: Anderatscha
Amauris ochlea darius ; [BAFR, 155 (text)]
Amauris (Amaura) ochlea darius ; [AfrL]

A. o. affinis Aurivillius, 1911

Comoro Is. Amauris ochlea affinis ; [BAFR, 155]
Amauris (Amaura) ochlea affinis ; [AfrL]

A. o. moya Turlin, 1994

Amauris (Amaura) ochlea moya ; [AfrL]

Amauris dannfelti Aurivillius, 1891

-. See [About maps] Amauris dannfelti Aurivillius, 1891; Ent. Tidskr. 12 : 196, TL: 'Congo-Gebiete' [? Angola]
Amauris dannfelti ; [EBW, (name only)]; [MWB: 195, pl. 12, f. 74]
Amauris (Amaura) dannfelti ; [AfrL]

A. d. dannfelti

Zaire, Angola Amauris dannfelti dannfelti ; [BAFR, 155]
Amauris (Amaura) dannfelti dannfelti ; [AfrL]

A. d. restricta Talbot, 1940

SE.Zaire, Zambia, Rhodesia Amauris dannfelti restricta ; [BAFR, 155]
Amauris (Amaura) dannfelti restricta ; [AfrL]

Amauris inferna Butler, 1871

W.Africa, Congo, Uganda. See [About maps] Amauris inferna Butler, 1871; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1871 : 79, TL: W.Africa [? Cameroun]
aurivilliana Bryk, 1937²
hecatoides Aurivillius, 1901²
infernalis Strand, 1912²
reuteri Strand, 1910²
semivitrea Mabille, 1876(?)²
torleyi Hulstaert, 1926²
Amauris inferna ; [BOW: pl. 110, f. 17]; [MWB: 195, pl. 13, f. 75]
Amauris (Amaura) inferna ; [AfrL]

A. i. inferna

Cameroun, Gabon, Zaire Amauris inferna inferna ; [BAFR, 156]
Amauris (Amaura) inferna inferna ; [AfrL]

A. i. grogani Sharpe, 1901

E.Zaire, W.Uganda inferna grogani Sharpe, 1901; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (7) 8 : 278
Amauris inferna grogani ; [BAFR, 156 (text)]
Amauris (Amaura) inferna grogani ; [AfrL]

A. i. discus Talbot, 1940

W.Zaire, C.Zaire Amauris inferna discus ; [BAFR, 156 (text)]
Amauris (Amaura) inferna discus ; [AfrL]

A. i. moka Talbot, 1940

Fernando Póo (Macías Nguema I.) Amauris inferna moka ; [BAFR, 156 (text)]
Amauris (Amaura) inferna moka ; [AfrL]

A. i. uganda Talbot, 1940

Uganda Amauris inferna uganda ; [BAFR, 156 (text)]
Amauris (Amaura) inferna uganda ; [AfrL]

Amauris hecate (Butler, 1866)

-. See [About maps] Dusky Danaid Black Friar
Danais hecate Butler, 1866; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1866 (1) : 44, TL: Ghana
bedoci Dufrane, 1948²
dira Neave, 1904²
draedana Stoneham, 1958²
expansa Stoneham, 1958²
?lagai Dufrane, 1948²
Amauris hecate ♀-f. reducta Bartel, 1905; Novit. Zool. 12 : 129, TL: Kamerun
tenebrosa Stoneham, 1958²
Amauris dira ; [EBW, (name only)]
Amauris hecate ; [BOW: pl. 110, f. 16]; [MWB: 195, pl. 13, f. 76]; [BK: 260, pl. 27, f. 391]
Amauris (Amaura) hecate ; [AfrL]

A. h. hecate

Guinea, Liberia - Ghana, Cameroun, Angola, Zaire, Uganda, S.Sudan, W.Kenya Amauris hecate hecate ; [BAFR, 156]
Amauris (Amaura) hecate hecate ; [AfrL]

A. h. stictica Rothschild & Jordan, 1903

S.Ethiopia Amauris hecate stictica Rothschild & Jordan, 1903; Novit. Zool. 10 (3): 504, TL: Anderatscha
Amauris hecate stictica ; [BAFR, 156]
Amauris (Amaura) hecate stictica ; [AfrL]

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References:

[About maps]

Warning! The maps are automatically generated from the textual information, and the process does not always produce acceptable result; See about maps for more info.

[AfrL]

Mark C. Williams; Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperoidea; Compiled by Mark C. Williams, 7th ed. (2008) (April 2007); e-mail: Mark C. Williams

[BAFR]

D'Abrera, 1980; Butterflies of the Afrotropical Region

[BK]

Larsen, Torben B., 1996; The Butterflies of Kenya and their natural history

[BOW]

Lewis, H. L., 1974; Butterflies of the World; ISBN 0 245 52097 X

[EBW]

Smart, Paul, 1976; The Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Butterfly World; ISBN 0 600 31381 6

[HBN]

Francis Hemming, 1937; HÜBNER, A bibliographical and systematic account of the entomological works of Jacob Hübner and of the supplements thereto by Carl Geyer, Gottfried Franz von Frölich and Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer, Vol 1 & 2

[LAMAS-NEO]

Gerardo Lamas; Bibliography of butterflies; An Annocated Bibliography of the Neotropical Butterflies and Skipper (Lepididoptera: Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea); Revised Electronic Edition (2007)

[MWB]

Ackery & Vane-Wright, 1984; Milkweed butterflies, their cladistics and biology; British Museum (Natural History)

[MadL]

Lees, D.C., Kremen, C. and Raharitsimba, H. 2003; in S.M. Goodman & J. P. Benstead (eds.), The Natural History of Madagascar; Classification, Diversity and Endemism of the Butterflies (Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea): A Revised Species Checklist: : pp. 762-793; University of Chicago Press. 1709 pp.

[PBSA]

Dickson, C.G.C (ed.), Kroon, D.M.; Pennington's Butterflies of Southern Africa; AD. DONKER 1978

[Wahlberg]

Niklas Wahlberg; The NSG's voucher specimen database; Nymphalidae Systematics Group

[²]

This may require parentheses or not. I don't have the necessary information for this taxon.

Some related literature:

Aurivillius, 1891

Verzeichniss einer vom Herrn Fritz Theorin aus Gabun und dem Gebiete des Camerunflusses heimgebrachten Schmetterlings-sammlung Ent. Tidskr. 12 : 193-228, pl. 1-3

Aurivillius, 1907

Diagnosen neuer Lepidopteren aus Afrika Ark. Zool. 3 (19) : 1-7

Aurivillius, 1910

Lepidoptera in Sjösted, Kilimandjaro-Meru Exped. 2 (9) : 1-56, pl. 1-2

Bartel, 1905

Neue Aethiopische Rhopalocera des Kgl. Museums für Naturkunde in Berlin Novit. Zool. 12 : 129-152

Boisduval, 1847

Catalogue des Lépidoptères recuellis par M. Delegorgue, 1833-1844 in Delegorgue, Voyage Afr. australe, 2: 585-614

Butler, 1866

A Monograph of the diurnal Lepidoptera belonging to the Genus Danais, being a Revision of the Insects of that Genus, with Descriptions of new Species in the National Collection Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1866 (1) : 43-59, pl. 4

Butler, 1871

Descriptions of some new species of exotic lepidoptera Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1871 : 79-83

Butler, 1874

Descriptions of new African Lepidoptera Cistula ent. 1 (8) : 209-214,[215-217] (misnumbered pages)

Butler, 1875

On a Collection of Lepidoptera from Southern Africa, with Descriptions of new Genera and Species Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (4) 16 (96) : 394-420

Butler, 1895

Description of a new Species of Butterfly of the Genus Amauris obtained by Mr. Scott Elliot in East Central Africa Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 16 (91) : 122-123

Butler, [1896]

On Lepidoptera recently collected in British East Africa by Mr. G. F. Scott Elliot Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1895 : 722-742, pl. 42-43 (1896)

Butler, 1897

On two collections of lepidoptera made by Mr R. Crawshay in Nyasa-land Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1896 : 817-850, pl. 41-42

Carcasson, 1964

New African moths J. E. Africa nat. Hist. Soc. 24: 53-82 [??], 8pls

Cramer, [1777]

Uitlandsche Kapellen (Papillons exotiques) Uitl. Kapellen 2 (9-16): 1-152, pl. 97-192 (1777)

Dufrane, 1948

Note sur les Danaidae Bull. Soc. linn. Lyon 17 (10) : 192-194

Godart, 1819

in Latreille & Godart, Encyclopédie Méthodique. Histoire naturelle Entomologie. 9 Encyclopédie Méthodique. 9 (1): 3-328 (1819), (2): 329-828 ([1824])

Grünberg, 1908

Neue Lepidopteren aus Uganda S.B. Ges naturf. Fr. Berl. 1908 : 50-62, pl. 2-4

Guenée, 1865

Lépidoptéres de Madagascar. In Vinson. Voyage a Madagascar au couronnement de Radama II. in Vinson, Voy. Madagascar, Annexe F: 25-48

Hübner, 1816

Verzeichniss bekannter Schmettlinge, 1816-[1826] Verz. bek. Schmett. (1): [1-3], 4-16 (1816), (2): 17-32 (1819), (3): 33-48 (1819), (4): 49-64 (1819), (5): 65-80 (1819), (6): 81-96 (1819), (7): 97-112 (1819), (8): 113-128 (1819), (9): 129-144 (1819), (10): 145-160 (1819), (11): 161-176 (1819), (12): 177-192 (1820), (13): 193-208 (1820), (14): 209-224 (1821), (15): 225-240 (1821), (16): 241-256 (1821), (17): 257-272 (1823), (18): 273-288 (1823), (19): 289-304 (1823), (20): 305-320 (1825), (21): 321-336 (1825), (22): 337-352 (1825), (23-27): 353-431 ([1825])

Geyer, 1837

Zuträge zur Sammlung exotischer Schmettlinge, Vol. 5 [1833]-1837 in Hübner, Zuträge. Samml. exot. Schmett. 5 : [1-3], 4, [5], 6-52 (1837), : pl. [138-151], f. 801-880 (1833), : pl. [152-172], f. 881-1000 (1834 - 1836)

Joicey & Talbot, 1921

New Lepidoptera Collected by Mr. T. A. Barns, in East Central Africa. New Forms of Rhopalocera Bull. Hill Mus. 1 (1) : 44-118, pl. 5-16

Linnaeus, 1758

Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Clases, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Symonymis, Locis. Tomis I. 10th Edition Syst. Nat. (Edn 10) 1 : 1-338, : 339-824

Mabille, 1876

Catalogue des Lépidoptères de la cote occidentale d'Afrique Bull. Soc. zool. Fr. 1 : 194-203 (1876), : 274-281 (1877)

Moore, 1883

A Monograph of Limnaina and Euploeina, two Groups of Diurnal Lepidoptera belonging to the Subfamily Euploeinae; with Descriptions of new Genera and Species. Part I & II Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1883 (2): 201-252, (3): 253-324, pl. 29-32

Oberthür, 1897

Descriptions de Lépidoptères nouveaux Bull. Soc. ent. Fr. 1897 : 188-194

Plötz, 1880

Verzeichniss der von Professor Dr. R. Bucholz in West-Africa gesammelten Schmetterlinge Stettin ent. Ztg 41 (1-3): 76-88, (4-6): 189-206, (7-9): 298-307

Rothschild & Jordan, 1903

Lepidoptera collected by Oscar Neumann in north-east Africa Novit. Zool. 10 (3): 491-542, 12: 175-191

Schmidt, 1921

Neue oder wenig bekannte afrikanische Rhopaloceren Dt. ent. Z. Iris 35 (1/2) : 32-51

Schultze, 1914

Zwei neue Amauris-Arten aus dem tropischen West-Afrika Ent. Rundsch. 31 : 47-48

Sharpe, 1890

Descriptions of some new Species of African Butterflies in the Collection of Captain G. E. Shelley Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 6 (34) : 346-350

Sharpe, 1896

Descriptions of Two new Species of Lepidoptera collected by Dr. W. J. Ansorge in East Africa Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 18 : 158-159

Sharpe, 1901

A List of Lepidoptera collected by Mr. Ewart S. Grogan in Central Africa Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (7) 8 : 278-286

Staudinger, 1896

Neue exotische Tagfalter Dt. ent. Z. Iris 8 (2) : 366-379, pl. 6-8 (1896)

Stoll, [1790]

Aanhangsel van het Werk, de Uitlandsche Kapellen Aanhaangsel Werk, Uitl. Kapellen (1): 1-42, pl. 1-8 (1787), (2-5): 43-184, pl. 9-42 (1790)

Suffert, 1904

Neue afrikansche Tagfalter aus dem kön. zool. Museum, Berlin, und meiner Sammlung Dt. Ent. Z. Iris 17 (1) : 12-107, pl.

Trimen, 1879

On some hitherto undescribed Butterflies inhabiting Southern Africa Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1879 (4) : 323-346

Vane-Wright, 2003

Indifferent Philosophy versus Almighty Authority: on consistency, consensus and unitary taxonomy Syst. & Biodiv. 1 (1): 3-11

Ward, 1870

Descriptions of new species of diurnal Lepidoptera from Madagascar Ent. mon. Mag. 6 : 224-225

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