Amauris vashti
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| Amauris vashti | |
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| Specimen from Uganda | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Amauris |
| Species: | A. vashti
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| Binomial name | |
| Amauris vashti (Butler, 1869)
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Amauris vashti is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae.
Description
Amauris vashti has a wingspan reaching about 83 millimetres (3.3 in). The uppersides of the forewings are black, with two large basal whitish spots and a few small spots on the edge. The uppersides of the hindwings are dark brown in males, pale brown in females.
Distribution
This species can be found in tropical Africa, mainly in Nigeria, Cameroun, Central African Republic and Democratic Republic of the Congo.
References
- "Amauris Hübner, 1816" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- Biolib
External links
- World Field Guide[permanent dead link]
- Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 23 d
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