Amauris vashti

Amauris vashti
	Specimen from Uganda
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Amauris
Species:	A. vashti
Binomial name
	Amauris vashti; (Butler, 1869)
Synonyms
	Danais vashti Butler, 1869; Amauris vashti ab. unipuncta Dufrane, 1948;

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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