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Black Friar

Amauris hecate

Classification

Class
Insecta

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 and Southern Ethiopia. Subspecies Amauris hecate hecate (Guinea, Liberia to Ghana, Cameroon, Angola, Zaire, Uganda, Southern Sudan and Western Kenya) Amauris hecate stictica Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 (Southern Ethiopia) References Seitz, A.

Distribution

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