Amauris echeria

Amauris echeria

Chief

(Stoll, 1790) Catalogue of Life

IUCN status
Least Concern (LC) IUCN
GBIF observations
1,532 GBIF
iNaturalist observations
530 iNaturalist
Taxonomic rank
Species
3 specimens
Description

Amauris echeria, the chief, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in southern Africa.

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Status

COL status
accepted
Name status
acceptable
Nomenclatural code
zoological
Legacy synonyms
amauris echeria
Non-butterfly
Off
Hybrid

Larval host plants NHM HOSTS

  • Cynanchum chiridense Asclepiadaceae
  • Tylophora anomala Apocynaceae · Vincetoxicum
  • Cynanchum sp. Apocynaceae · Cynanchum
  • Gongronema latifolium Apocynaceae · Gongronemopsis
  • Gymnema sp. Apocynaceae · Gymnema
  • Gymnema sylvestre Apocynaceae · Gymnema
  • Marsdenia angolensis Apocynaceae · Gongronemopsis
  • Marsdenia sp. Apocynaceae · Marsdenia
  • Secamone africana Apocynaceae · Secamone
  • Secamone parvifolia Apocynaceae · Secamone
  • Secamone sp. Apocynaceae · Secamone
  • Tylophora sp. Apocynaceae · Vincetoxicum

+1 more recorded host plant(s)

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