Dusky Danaid Butterfly Amauris hecate

Dusky Danaid Butterfly
Dusky Danaid Butterfly
The Dusky Danaid Butterfly, also called the Black Friar and the Scarce Monk Butterfly, is native to the middle parts of West and East Africa.
Black Friar Butterfly
Black Friar Butterfly
Dusky Danaid Butterfly
Its white-spotted body alerts predators to the fact that, like all Danaid butterflies, it tastes bad and is poisonous.
Dusky Danaid Butterflies emerging from chrysales
Dusky Danaid Butterflies emerged from pupa
Dusky Danaid chrysalides
Dusky Danaids newly emerged from their beautiful, metallic, reflective chrysalides.