Mauritian friar
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| Mauritian friar | |
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Amauris |
| Species: | A. phoedon
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| Binomial name | |
| Amauris phoedon | |
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The Mauritian friar (Amauris phoedon) is a species of nymphalid butterfly in the Danainae subfamily. It is endemic to Mauritius.[3] The larvae feed on Tylophora asthmatica.
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- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "Amauris Hübner, 1816" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ↑ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Subtribe Danaina". Archived from the original on 2012-04-26. Retrieved 2012-05-30.
