The common name for hamadryas is 'cracker' - because of the cracking (or rustling) sound many species make when flying . There are about 20 species which are instantly recognisable from their distinctive marbled patterns. They feed on rotting fruit or the liquid extruded from the holes bored in trees by beetles

Hamadryas amphinome

Hamadryas arinome

Hamadryas epinome

Hamadryas feronia

Hamadryas februa

Hamadryas laodamia

Hamadryas velutina

Probably the most beautiful of all Hamadryas.