Amauris echeria
Species of butterfly
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Amauris echeria, the chief, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in southern Africa.
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| Both in Kakamega Forest, Kenya | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Amauris |
| Species: | A. echeria |
| Binomial name | |
| Amauris echeria (Stoll, [1790]) | |
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The wingspan is 55–65 mm for males and 63–70 for females. Adults are on wing year round (with peaks in summer and autumn).[1]
The larvae feed on Tylophora anomala, Tylophora stolzii, Cynanchum chirindense, Gymnema (including Gymnema sylvestre), Marsdenia (including Marsdenia angolensis and Marsdenia racemosa) and Secamone (including Secamone africana and Secamone parviflora).[2]
Subspecies
- A. e. echeria – Cape to Natal, Zululand, Transvaal
- A. e. abessinica Schmidt, 1921 – Eritrea, northern Ethiopia
- A. e. chyuluensis van Someren, 1939 – south-eastern Kenya (Chyulu, Sagala, Emali, Teita)
- A. e. contracta Talbot, 1940 – western Kenya, Kitale
- A. e. fernandina Schultze, 1914 – Fernando Póo (Macías Nguema Island)
- A. e. jacksoni Sharpe, 1892 – Kenya west of the Rift Valley
- A. e. katangae Neave, 1910 – southern Zaire (southern Shaba), Zambia
- A. e. kikuyu Talbot, 1940 – eastern Kenya (Katamayu to Meru, Nyambeni)
- A. e. lobengula (Sharpe, 1890) – Rhodesia, southern Mozambique, southern Malawi (Mount Mlanje)
- A. e. meruensis Talbot, 1940 – northern Tanzania (Arusha, Moshi, Nogorongoro)
- A. e. mongallensis Carpenter, 1928 – southern Sudan, northern Uganda
- A. e. mpala Talbot, 1940 – highlands of Zaire
- A. e. occidentalis Schmidt, 1921 – Cameroon
- A. e. septentrionis Poulton, 1924 – northern Kenya (Marsabit, Nyiro, Kulal)
- A. e. serica Talbot, 1940 – southern Tanzania, northern Malawi
- A. e. steckeri Kheil, 1890 – southern Ethiopia, western Ethiopia, southern Sudan
- A. e. terrena Talbot, 1940 – western Uganda, eastern Zaire, north-western Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi
- A. e. whytei Butler, 1894 – southern Malawi (Zomba Plateau)
