title: Amauris hecate
text: # Amauris hecate
  
  Amauris hecate, the dusky Danaid, scarce monk or black friar, is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Africa, from Guinea and Liberia to Ghana, Cameroun, Angola, Zaire, Uganda, Southern Sudan and Western Kenya and Southern Ethiopia.
  
  ## Subspecies
  
  * Amauris hecate hecate (Guinea, Liberia to Ghana, Cameroon, Angola, Zaire, Uganda, Southern Sudan and Western Kenya)
  * Amauris hecate stictica Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 (Southern Ethiopia)
  