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.[2] The habitat consists of dry forests, Guinea savanna and disturbed areas in the rainforest zone.

Small monk
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Amauris
Species:
A. damocles
Binomial name
Amauris damocles
(Fabricius, 1793)[1]
Synonyms
  • Papilio damocles Fabricius, 1793
  • Amauris (Amaura) damocles
  • Papilio egialea Cramer, 1777
  • Amauris hyalites r. punctata Dufrane, 1948
  • Amauris egialia makuyensis Carcasson, 1964

This species is mimicked by one of the forms of Hypolimnas anthedon.

The larvae probably feed on Pergularia species.

Subspecies

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  • Amauris damocles damocles (Senegal, Gambia, Guinea, Burkina Faso, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, western Cameroon)
  • Amauris damocles makuyensis Carcasson, 1964 (western Tanzania)

References

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  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.