''Amauris'' is a genus of

nymphalid The Nymphalidae are the largest family of butterflies, with more than 6,000 species distributed throughout most of the world. Belonging to the superfamily Papilionoidea, they are usually medium-sized to large butterflies. Most species have a redu ...

butterflies Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The group comprises t ...

in the

Danainae Danainae is a subfamily of the family Nymphalidae, the brush-footed butterflies. It includes the Daniadae, or milkweed butterflies, who lay their eggs on various milkweeds on which their larvae ( caterpillars) feed, as well as the clearwing ...

subfamily. ''Amauris niavius niavius'', ''Amauris echeria jacksoni'', and ''Amauris dominicanus'' are mimicked by ''

Papilio dardanus ''Papilio dardanus'', the African swallowtail, mocker swallowtail or flying handkerchief, is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae (the swallowtails). The species is broadly distributed throughout Sub-Saharan Africa. The British e ...

'' females. Other mimics of ''Amauris'' are found among other species of '' Papilio'', the nymphaline genus ''

Pseudacraea ''Pseudacraea'' is an Afrotropical butterfly genus in the subfamily Limenitidinae. Their placement in the tribe Limenitidini remains to be verified. Some of these species are mimics of Acraeinae and the present genus is thus known as false a ...

'', and '' Hypolimnas anthedon''.

Species

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Amauris comorana The Comoro friar (''Amauris comorana'') is a species of nymphalid butterfly in the Danainae subfamily. It is endemic to the Comoros, where it is only found on the island of Grand Comore Grande Comore () is an island in Comoros off the coa ...

'' – Comoro friar * ''

Amauris nossima The Madagascan friar (''Amauris nossima'') is a species of nymphalid butterfly in the Danainae subfamily. It is found on the Comoros, Madagascar and Mayotte Mayotte (; french: Mayotte, ; Shimaore language, Shimaore: ''Maore'', ; Bushi langu ...

'' – Madagascan friar * ''

Amauris phoedon The Mauritian friar (''Amauris phoedon'') is a species of nymphalid butterfly in the Danainae subfamily. It is endemic to Mauritius. Adults have been recorded imbibing exudations from the ends of broken branches of ''Tournefortia argentea'' lyi ...

'' – Mauritian friar * ''

Amauris niavius ''Amauris niavius'', the friar, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in the forests of tropical Africa. The wingspan is 80–85 mm for males and 78–82 mm for females. Adults are on wing year-round (with peaks in lat ...

'' – friar * ''

Amauris tartarea ''Amauris tartarea'', the monk or dusky friar, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Guinea, Burkina Faso, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, the Republic of the ...

'' – monk * ''

Amauris ellioti ''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. The habitat consists of semi-montane forests. The ...

'' – Ansorge's Danaid * ''

Amauris echeria ''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). The la ...

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Amauris vashti ''Amauris vashti'' is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. Description ''Amauris vashti'' has a wingspan reaching about . The uppersides of the forewings are black, with two large basal whitish spots and a few small spots on the edge. The up ...

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Amauris crawshayi ''Amauris crawshayi'' is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Cameroon, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi and Zambia. The habitat consists of forests. The larvae feed ...

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Amauris damocles ''Amauris damocles'', the small monk, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Senegal, Gambia, Guinea, Burkina Faso, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon and Tanzania Tanzania (; ), ...

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Amauris hyalites ''Amauris hyalites'' is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in southern Cameroon, Bioko, Gabon, Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo, western Tanzania and western Zambia. The habitat consists of low to medium altitude ...

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Amauris albimaculata ''Amauris albimaculata'', the layman, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in southern Africa. The wingspan is 50–60 mm for males and 62–68 for females. Adults are on the wing year-round (with peaks in summer and autumn ...

'' – layman * ''

Amauris ochlea ''Amauris ochlea'', the novice, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in southern and south-east Africa. The wingspan is 55–60 mm for males and 60–65 mm for females. Adults are on wing year round (with peaks in summ ...

'' – novice * ''

Amauris dannfelti ''Amauris dannfelti'' is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola and Zambia. Subspecies *''Amauris dannfelti dannfelti'' (Angola) *''Amauris dannfelti restricta'' Talbot, 1940 (nort ...

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Amauris inferna ''Amauris inferna'' is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Cameroon, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda and Tanzania. The habitat consists of forests. Adult males mud-puddle Mud-puddling, ...

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Amauris hecate ''Amauris hecate'', the dusky Danaid, scarce monk or black friar, is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Africa, from Guinea and Liberia to Ghana, Cameroun, Angola, Zaire, Uganda, Southern Sudan and Western Kenya an ...

'' – 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'' Danaini Nymphalidae genera Taxa named by Jacob Hübner Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Danainae-stub