amauris, echeria, chief, butterfly, family, nymphalidae, found, southern, africa, chiefboth, kakamega, forest, kenyascientific, classificationdomain, eukaryotakingdom, animaliaphylum, arthropodaclass, insectaorder, lepidopterafamily, nymphalidaegenus, amauriss. Amauris echeria the chief is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae It is found in southern Africa ChiefBoth in Kakamega Forest KenyaScientific classificationDomain EukaryotaKingdom AnimaliaPhylum ArthropodaClass InsectaOrder LepidopteraFamily NymphalidaeGenus AmaurisSpecies A echeriaBinomial nameAmauris echeria Stoll 1790 SynonymsPapilio echeria Stoll 1790 Amauris echerioides Weistman 1913 Amauris echeria imatongensis Talbot 1941 Amauris echeria jacksoni f luxuriosa Talbot 1940 Amauris echeria vaal Talbot 1940 Danais vaillantiana Godart 1819 Amauris lobengula abessinica Schmidt 1921 Amauris fernandina Schultze 1914 Amauris jacksoni Sharpe 1892 Amauris lobengula katangae Neave 1910 Nebroda lobengula Sharpe 1890 Amauris lobengula mongallensis Carpenter 1928 Amauris lobengula septentrionis Poulton 1924 Amauris steckeri Kheil 1890 Amauris whytei Butler 1894The 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 Edit A e katangae Neave 1910A 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 Poo Macias 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 References Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to Amauris echeria Wikispecies has information related to Amauris echeria Woodhall Steve 2005 Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa Cape Town South Africa Struik ISBN 978 1 86872 724 7 Amauris Hubner 1816 at Markku Savela s Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms Seitz A Die Gross Schmetterlinge der Erde 13 Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter Plate XIII 24 nominate and jacksoni Sharpe 1892 Seitz A Die Gross Schmetterlinge der Erde 13 Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter Plate XIII 25 ssp lobengula misspelling This Danainae article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Amauris echeria amp oldid 1034721313, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
