Amauris albimaculata

Amauris albimaculata, the layman, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in southern Africa.

Layman
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Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Amauris
Species:	A. albimaculata
Binomial name
Amauris albimaculata Butler, 1875
Synonyms
Amauris echeria var. albimaculata Butler, 1875 Amauris egialea var. impar Aurivillius, 1922 Amauris albimaculata magnimacula f. semifascia Talbot, 1941 Amauris egialea similis Joicey & Talbot, 1921 Hirsutis virginalis Köhler, 1923 Amauris hanningtoni Butler, 1888 Amauris intermedians Hulstaert, 1926 Amauris albimaculata f. magnimacula Rebel, 1914

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).^[1]

The larvae feed on Tylophora anomala, T. stolzii, Cynanchum chirindense, C. vincetoxicum, Gymnema, Marsdenia (including M. angolensis and M. racemosa) and Secamone.^[2]

Subspecies

• Amauris albimaculata albimaculata (South Africa, southern Mozambique)
• Amauris albimaculata chirindana Talbot, 1941 (western Mozambique, eastern Zimbabwe)
• Amauris albimaculata hanningtoni Butler, 1888 (southern Somalia, eastern Kenya, eastern Tanzania)
• Amauris albimaculata intermedians Hulstaert, 1926 (Cameroon)
• Amauris albimaculata interposita Talbot, 1940 (western Kenya, northern Tanzania)
• Amauris albimaculata latifascia Talbot, 1940 (Tanzania, Malawi, northern Zambia)
• Amauris albimaculata magnimacula Rebel, 1914 (Uganda, eastern Zaire, north-western Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi)
• Amauris albimaculata sudanica Talbot, 1940 (Sudan, Ethiopia)