Amauris echeria

Amauris echeria katangae Neave, 1910

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
Subgenus: Amauris (Amaura)
Species: Amauris echeria
Subspecies: A. e. abessinica – A. e. chyuluensis – A. e. contracta – A. e. echeria – A. e. jacksoni – A. e. fernandina – A. e. katangae – A. e. kikuyu – A. e. lobengula – A. e. meruensis – A. e. mongallensis – A. e. mpala – A. e. occidentalis – A. e. septentrionis – A. e. serica – A. e. steckeri – A. e. terrena – A. e. whytei
Name

Amauris echeria (Stoll, [1790])
Synonymy

Papilio echeria Stoll, [1790] (original combination)

References
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Additional references

Amauris echeria, the chief, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in southern Africa.

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. katangae Neave, 1910

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)

References
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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 nominate and jacksoni Sharpe, 1892
Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 25 ssp. lobengula misspelling