''Salamis augustina'' is a

butterfly Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the Order (biology), order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The ...

in the family

Nymphalidae The Nymphalidae are the largest family of butterflies, with more than 6,000 species distributed throughout most of the world. Belonging to the superfamily Papilionoidea, they are usually medium-sized to large butterflies. Most species have a red ...

. It is found on

Mauritius Mauritius ( ; french: Maurice, link=no ; mfe, label=Mauritian Creole, Moris ), officially the Republic of Mauritius, is an island nation in the Indian Ocean about off the southeast coast of the African continent, east of Madagascar. It incl ...

and

Réunion Réunion (; french: La Réunion, ; previously ''Île Bourbon''; rcf, label= Reunionese Creole, La Rényon) is an island in the Indian Ocean that is an overseas department and region of France. It is located approximately east of the island ...

.Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Junoniini
/ref> Adults closely resemble '' Euploea euphon'', of which it may be a mimic. They are on wing from April to May. Subspecies ''vinsoni'' is on wing from April to September.

Subspecies

*''Salamis augustina augustina'' — La Reunion *''Salamis augustina vinsoni'' Le Cerf, 1922 — Mauritius

References

Butterflies described in 1833 Junoniini Taxa named by Jean Baptiste Boisduval {{Nymphalinae-stub