Amauris ochlea

Novice
Male, Mabibi, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa
Female
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Amauris
Species:
A. ochlea
Binomial name
Amauris ochlea
(Boisduval, 1847)
Synonyms
  • Euploea ochlea Boisduval, 1847
  • Amauris ochleides var. comorana Aurivillius, 1909 (not Oberthür, 1897)
  • Amauris ochlea affinis f. spatiosa Talbot, 1940
  • Amauris ochlea affinis f. valens Talbot, 1940
  • Amauris ochlea var. affinis Aurivillius, 1911
  • Amauris bumilleri Lanz, 1896

Amauris ochlea, the novice, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in southern and south-east Africa.

The wingspan is 55–60 mm for males and 60–65 mm for females. Adults are on wing year round (with peaks in summer and autumn).[1]

The larvae feed on Tylophora anomala, Tylophora stolzii, Gymnema, Marsdenia, Secamone, Cynanchum chirindense, Cyanchum abyssinicum, Cynanchum medium, Cynanchum nigrum, Cynanchum natalitium and Cynanchum vincetoxicum.[2]

  1. ^ Woodhall, Steve (2005). Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa: Struik. ISBN 978-1-86872-724-7.
  2. ^ "Amauris Hübner, 1816" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms