Amauris ellioti
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Amauris
Species:	A. ellioti
Binomial name
*Amauris ellioti* Butler, 1895^[1]
Synonyms
Amauris (Amaura) ellioti Amaurina ellioti ab. styx Rebel, 1914 Amaurina ellioti ab. duponti Dufrane, 1948 Amauris ansorgei altumi van Someren, 1936 Amaurina ansorgei ab. torrefacta Le Cerf, 1920 Amaurina ansorgei var. junia Le Cerf, 1920 Amauris echeria jacksoni f. neavei Poulton, 1929

Amauris ellioti, Ansorge's Danaid, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi and Zambia.^[2] The habitat consists of semi-montane forests.

The larvae feed on Tylophora stolzii, Tylophora anomala, Marsdenia racemosa, Gongronema latifolium, Cynanchum, Gymnema and Secamone species.

Subspecies

Amauris ellioti ellioti (eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, western Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi)
Amauris ellioti altumi van Someren, 1936 (Kenya: east of the Rift Valley, Tanzania)
Amauris ellioti ansorgei Sharpe, 1896 (Uganda: western slopes of Mount Elgon, Kenya: west of the Rift Valley)
Amauris ellioti junia (Le Cerf, 1920) (northern Malawi, Zambia, Tanzania: north, central and southern highlands)

References

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^ Euploea, Site of Markku Savela
^ Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Subtribe Danaina