''Amauris ellioti'', Ansorge's danaid, is a

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in the family

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. It is found in the

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and

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. The habitat consists of semi-montane forests. The larvae feed on '' Tylophora stolzii'', '' Tylophora anomala'', '' Marsdenia racemosa'', '' Gongronema latifolium'', ''

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'', '' Gymnema'' and ''

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'' species.

Subspecies

*''Amauris ellioti ellioti'' (eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, western Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi) *''Amauris ellioti altumi'' van Someren, 1936 (Kenya: east of the Rift Valley, Tanzania) *''Amauris ellioti ansorgei'' Sharpe, 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
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Seitz, A. ''Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde'' 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 25
Butterflies described in 1895 Amauris Butterflies of Africa Taxa named by Arthur Gardiner Butler {{Danainae-stub