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Mauritian friar

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Species of butterfly

Mauritian friar
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Conservation status

Vulnerable  (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Amauris
Species: A. phoedon
Binomial name
Amauris phoedon
(Fabricius, 1798)
Synonyms
  • Papilio phoedon Fabricius, 1798
  • Danais phaedone Godart, 1819
  • Danais phaedon Doubleday, 1847

The Mauritian friar (Amauris phoedon) is a species of nymphalid butterfly in the Danainae subfamily. It is endemic to Mauritius.

The larvae feed on Tylophora asthmatica.

References

  1. Lepidoptera Specialist Group (1996). "Amauris phoedon". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T1003A3154736. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T1003A3154736.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. "Amauris Hübner, 1816" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  3. "Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Subtribe Danaina". Archived from the original on 2012-04-26. Retrieved 2012-05-30.
Taxon identifiers
Amauris phoedon


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