Mauritian Friar

Mauritian Friar
Mauritian Friar
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Amauris
Species: A. phoedon
Binomial name
Amauris phoedon
(Fabricius, 1798)

The Mauritian Friar (Amauris phoedon) is a species of nymphalid butterfly in the Danainae subfamily. It is endemic to Mauritius.

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