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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Amauris |
| Species: | A. albimaculata |
| Binomial name | |
| Amauris albimaculata Butler, 1875 | |
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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).
The larvae feed on Tylophora anomala, T. stolzii, Cynanchum chirindense, C. vincetoxicum, Gymnema, Marsdenia (including M. angolensis and M. racemosa) and Secamone.
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
- Woodhall, Steve (2005). Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa: Struik. ISBN 978-1-86872-724-7.
- Amauris at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 24 hanningtoni
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