Amauris echeria
Amauris echeria, the chief, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in southern Africa.
The wingspan is 55–65 mm for males and 63–70 for females. Adults are on wing year round.
The larvae feed on Tylophora anomala, Tylophora stolzii, Cynanchum chirindense, Gymnema, Marsdenia and Secamone.
Subspecies
- A. e. echeria – Cape to Natal, Zululand, Transvaal
- A. e. abessinica Schmidt, 1921 – Eritrea, northern Ethiopia
- A. e. chyuluensis van Someren, 1939 – south-eastern Kenya
- A. e. contracta Talbot, 1940 – western Kenya, Kitale
- A. e. fernandina Schultze, 1914 – Fernando Póo
- A. e. jacksoni Sharpe, 1892 – Kenya west of the Rift Valley
- A. e. katangae Neave, 1910 – southern Zaire, Zambia
- A. e. kikuyu Talbot, 1940 – eastern Kenya
- A. e. lobengula – Rhodesia, southern Mozambique, southern Malawi
- A. e. meruensis Talbot, 1940 – northern Tanzania
- A. e. mongallensis Carpenter, 1928 – southern Sudan, northern Uganda
- A. e. mpala Talbot, 1940 – highlands of Zaire
- A. e. occidentalis Schmidt, 1921 – Cameroon
- A. e. septentrionis Poulton, 1924 – northern Kenya
- A. e. serica Talbot, 1940 – southern Tanzania, northern Malawi
- A. e. steckeri Kheil, 1890 – southern Ethiopia, western Ethiopia, southern Sudan
- A. e. terrena Talbot, 1940 – western Uganda, eastern Zaire, north-western Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi
- A. e. whytei Butler, 1894 – southern Malawi