Comoro friar

Comoro friar
Amauris comorana depicted in Seitz Fauna Africana
Conservation status
Endangered  (IUCN 2.3)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Amauris
Species:	A. comorana
Binomial name
Amauris comorana Oberthür, 1897

The Comoro friar (Amauris comorana) is a species of nymphalid butterfly in the Danainae subfamily. It is endemic to the Comoros, where it is only found on the island of Grand Comore.[2]

References

1. Lepidoptera Specialist Group (1996). "Amauris comorana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T1001A3153377. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T1001A3153377.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
2. "Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Subtribe Danaina". Archived from the original on 2012-04-26. Retrieved 2012-05-30.

Sources

• Lepidoptera Specialist Group (1996). "Amauris comorana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T1001A3153377. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T1001A3153377.en.

External links

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