Amauris

{{Short description|Genus of brush-footed butterflies}}

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| image = Novice butterfly (Amauris ochlea) female underside 2.jpg

| image_caption = A. ochlea female

| taxon = Amauris

| authority = Hübner, 1816

| synonyms =

{{Species list

| Amaura | Geyer, 1837

| Amaurina | Aurivillius, 1910 nec Kolbe, 1895

| Berethis | Moore, 1883

| Cadytis | Moore, 1883

| Conoploea | Guenée, 1865

| Egialea | Hemming, 1964

| Nebroda | Moore, 1883

| Panamauris | Bryk, 1937

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| synonyms_ref = {{BioLib | 400119 | Amauris }}

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Amauris is a genus of nymphalid butterflies in the Danainae subfamily. Amauris niavius niavius, Amauris echeria jacksoni, and Amauris dominicanus are mimicked by Papilio dardanus females. Other mimics of Amauris are found among other species of Papilio, the nymphaline genus Pseudacraea, and Hypolimnas anthedon.