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''Amauris tartarea'', the Monk or Dusky Friar, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Guinea, Burkina Faso, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, the Republic of Congo, the Central African Republic, Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Sudan, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Botswana and Namibia.〔(Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Subtribe Danaina )〕 The habitat consists of various types of forests. Adult males mud-puddle and imbibe pyrrolizidine alkaloids from ''Heliotropium'' species, especially from the roots of dug-up plants. Both sexes are attracted to flowers. The species is mimicked by ''Hypolimnas anthedon''. The larvae feed on Asclepiadaceae and ''Brassica'' species. ==Subspecies== *''Amauris tartarea tartarea'' (Guinea, Burkina Faso, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea: Mbini, Gabon, Congo, Central African Republic, Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo, southern Sudan, Uganda, western Kenya, western Tanzania, Zambia, north-eastern Botswana, Namibia) *''Amauris tartarea damoclides'' Staudinger, 1896 (south-eastern Kenya, eastern and northern Tanzania, Malawi, north-eastern Zambia) *''Amauris tartarea tukuyuensis'' Kielland, 1990 (south-western Tanzania) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Amauris tartarea」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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