Amauris niavius niavius ( Linnaeus, 1758 )

Bivar-De-Sousa, António, Vasconcelos, Sasha, Mendes, Luís F., Larsen, Torben B., Baker, Jon & Guilherme, João L., 2016, Butterflies of Guinea-Bissau: VIII. New data, new reports, corrections and biodiversity (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea), Zootaxa 4201 (1), pp. 1-77 : 31

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4201.1.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6068119
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scientific name	Amauris niavius niavius ( Linnaeus, 1758 )
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106. Amauris niavius niavius ( Linnaeus, 1758) View in CoL

WL: 45mm. The species occurs in degraded damp forest, dry forest and dense savanna. The nominate subspecies flies from Guinea-Bissau to Nigeria, extending through equatorial and Central Africa to Uganda, Tanzania and Kenya. The caterpillars feed on Asclepiadaceae .

Previous references. Regions: Tombali. Authors: Aurivillius (1910), Larsen (2005), Bivar-de-Sousa et al. (2008a).

Probable abundance and proposed status. AB: R; CS: I.