Amauris

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Nymphalidae
Subfamilia: Danainae
Tribus: Danaini
Subtribus: Danaina
Genus: Amauris
Subgenera: A. (Amauris) – A. (Amaura)

Species: A. albimaculata – A. comorana – A. crawshayi – A. damocles – A. dannfelti – A. echeria – A. ellioti – A. hecate – A. hyalites – A. inferna – A. lygia – A. niavius – A. nossima – A. ochlea – A. phoedon – A. tartarea – A. vashti
Name

Amauris Hübner, 1816

Type species: Papilio niavius Linnaeus, 1758

References
Primary references

Hübner, J. 1816. Verzeichniß bekannter Schmettlinge 1: 1–16. BHL Reference page. [p. 14]

Links

funet.fi

Amauris is a genus of nymphalid butterflies in the Danainae subfamily. Amauris niavius niavius, Amauris echeria jacksoni, and Amauris dominicanus are mimicked by Papilio dardanus females. Other mimics of Amauris are found among other species of Papilio, the nymphaline genus Pseudacraea, and Hypolimnas anthedon.
Species

Amauris comorana – Comoro friar
Amauris nossima – Madagascan friar
Amauris phoedon – Mauritian friar
Amauris niavius – friar
Amauris tartarea – monk
Amauris ellioti – Ansorge's Danaid
Amauris echeria
Amauris vashti
Amauris crawshayi
Amauris damocles
Amauris hyalites
Amauris albimaculata – layman
Amauris ochlea – novice
Amauris dannfelti
Amauris inferna
Amauris hecate – dusky Danaid

External links

Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate 23 et seq.
"Amauris Hübner, 1816" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms