Novice | |
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Male, Mabibi, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | |
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Female | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Amauris |
Species: | A. ochlea
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Binomial name | |
Amauris ochlea (Boisduval, 1847)
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Amauris ochlea, the novice, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in southern and south-east Africa.
The wingspan is 55–60 mm for males and 60–65 mm for females. Adults are on wing year round (with peaks in summer and autumn).[1]
The larvae feed on Tylophora anomala, Tylophora stolzii, Gymnema, Marsdenia, Secamone, Cynanchum chirindense, Cyanchum abyssinicum, Cynanchum medium, Cynanchum nigrum, Cynanchum natalitium and Cynanchum vincetoxicum.[2]
Subspecies
[edit]- Amauris ochlea ochlea (eastern Kenya to Zululand, Natal)
- Amauris ochlea affinis Aurivillius, 1911 (Comoro Islands)
- Amauris ochlea bumilleri Lanz, 1896 (northern Malawi, south-western Tanzania, Zambia)
- Amauris ochlea darius Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 (northern Kenya (Meru, Mount Kulai) to southern Somalia and southern Ethiopia)
- Amauris ochlea moya Turlin, 1994 (Comoro Islands)
- Amauris ochlea ochleides Staudinger, 1896 (Eritrea, northern Ethiopia)
Gallery
[edit]Specimens from the coastal forest at Mabibi, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa.
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Male underside
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Worn male
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Female underside
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Very worn female
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In flight
References
[edit]- ^ Woodhall, Steve (2005). Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa: Struik. ISBN 978-1-86872-724-7.
- ^ "Amauris Hübner, 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 a nominate b bumilleri