Amauris hyalites

Amauris hyalites
Amauris hyalites depicted in Seitz Fauna Africana
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Amauris
Species:	A. hyalites
Binomial name
Amauris hyalites Butler, 1874[1]
Synonyms
Amauris (Amaura) hyalites Amauris damocles hyalites Amauris difficilis Aurivillius, 1891 Amauris fenestrata Aurivillius, 1907 Amauris schubotzi Schultze, 1914 Amauris lygia Hulstaert, 1924

Amauris hyalites is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in southern Cameroon, Bioko, Gabon, Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo, western Tanzania and western Zambia.[2] The habitat consists of low to medium altitude forests.

Adult males are attracted to wet sand.

The larvae feed on Asclepiadaceae species.

References

• Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 25

1. Amauris, Site of Markku Savela
2. "Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Subtribe Danaina". Archived from the original on 2012-04-26. Retrieved 2012-05-30.