Amauris ellioti

Amauris ellioti
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Amauris
Species:	A. ellioti
Binomial name
Amauris ellioti Butler, 1895[1]
Synonyms
Amauris (Amaura) ellioti Amaurina ellioti ab. styxRebel, 1914 Amaurina ellioti ab. dupontiDufrane, 1948 Amauris ansorgei altumivan Someren, 1936 Amaurina ansorgei ab. torrefactaLe Cerf, 1920 Amaurina ansorgei var. juniaLe Cerf, 1920 Amauris echeria jacksoni f. neaveiPoulton, 1929

Amauris ellioti, Ansorge's danaid, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi and Zambia.^[2] The habitat consists of semi-montane forests.

The larvae feed on Tylophora stolzii, Tylophora anomala, Marsdenia racemosa, Gongronema latifolium, Cynanchum, Gymnema and Secamone species.

Subspecies

• Amauris ellioti ellioti (eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, western Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi)
• Amauris ellioti altumivan Someren, 1936 (Kenya: east of the Rift Valley, Tanzania)
• Amauris ellioti ansorgeiSharpe, 1896 (Uganda: western slopes of Mount Elgon, Kenya: west of the Rift Valley)
• Amauris ellioti junia(Le Cerf, 1920) (northern Malawi, Zambia, Tanzania: north, central and southern highlands)

References

• Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 24 ssp. ansorgei
• Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 25

1. "Amauris Hübner, 1816" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
2. "Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Subtribe Danaina". Archived from the original on 2012-04-26. Retrieved 2012-05-30.