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.^[2] The habitat consists of forests.

Amauris inferna
In Adalbert Seitz's Fauna Africana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Amauris
Species:	A. inferna
Binomial name
Amauris inferna Butler, 1871[1]
Synonyms
Amauris (Amaura) inferna Amauris egialea r. semvitrea Mabille, 1876 Amauris hecatoides Aurivillius, 1901 Amauris hecate ab. reuteri Strand, 1910 Amauris inferna ab. infernalis Strand, 1912 Amauris grogani Sharpe, 1901 Amauris torleyi Hulstaert, 1926 Amauris egialea f. aurivilliana Bryk, 1937

Adult males mud-puddle.

Subspecies

• Amauris inferna inferna (Cameroon, Gabon, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Kinshasa)
• Amauris inferna discus Talbot, 1940 (Democratic Republic of the Congo: west and central to Kwilu, Sankuru, Kisangami)
• Amauris inferna grogani Sharpe, 1901 (western Uganda, Democratic Republic of the Congo: east to northern Kivu and Ituri)
• Amauris inferna moka Talbot, 1940 (Bioko)
• Amauris inferna uganda Talbot, 1940 (Uganda, Tanzania: north-west and Kere Hill)