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) References Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 24 Amauris Butterflies of Africa Lepidoptera of West Africa Butterflies described in 1866 Taxa named by Arthur Gardiner Butler