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Listed alphabetically:<ref name=funet>[http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/nymphalidae/biblidinae/eurytela/index.html ''Eurytela''], funet.fi</ref>
Listed alphabetically:<ref name=funet>[http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/nymphalidae/biblidinae/eurytela/index.html ''Eurytela''], funet.fi</ref>
*''E. h. abyssinica'' <small>Rothschild & Jordan, 1903</small> – Ethiopia
*''E. h. abyssinica'' <small>Rothschild & Jordan, 1903</small> – Ethiopia
*''E. h. angustata'' <small>Lathy, 1901</small> – Swaziland, South Africa: Limpopo, Mpumalanga, North West, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Eastern Cape and Western Cape
*''E. h. angustata'' <small>Lathy, 1901</small> – Eswatini, South Africa: Limpopo, Mpumalanga, North West, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Eastern Cape and Western Cape
*''E. h. hiarbas'' <small>(Drury, 1770)</small> – Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria: south and the Cross River loop, Cameroon, Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, western Tanzania
*''E. h. hiarbas'' <small>(Drury, 1770)</small> – Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria: south and the Cross River loop, Cameroon, Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, western Tanzania
*''E. h. lita'' <small>Rothschild & Jordan, 1903</small> – Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Mozambique, eastern Zimbabwe
*''E. h. lita'' <small>Rothschild & Jordan, 1903</small> – Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Mozambique, eastern Zimbabwe


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Latest revision as of 12:30, 22 August 2024

Pied piper
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Eurytela
Species:
E. hiarbas
Binomial name
Eurytela hiarbas
(Drury, 1770)
Synonyms
  • Papilio hiarbas Drury, 1782
  • Eurytela hiarbas var. angustata Aurivillius, 1894
  • Eurytela hiarbas ab. flavescens Aurivillius, 1894
  • Eurytela angustissima Strand, 1916

Eurytela hiarbas, commonly known as the pied piper, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae, found in Sub-Saharan Africa.[1]

Its wingspan is 45–50 mm in males and 48–55 mm in females. It has continuous broods, peaking between November and March.[2]

Its larvae feed on Tragia glabrata, Dalechampia capensis, and Ricinus communis.[2]

Subspecies

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Listed alphabetically:[1]

  • E. h. abyssinica Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 – Ethiopia
  • E. h. angustata Lathy, 1901 – Eswatini, South Africa: Limpopo, Mpumalanga, North West, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Eastern Cape and Western Cape
  • E. h. hiarbas (Drury, 1770) – Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria: south and the Cross River loop, Cameroon, Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, western Tanzania
  • E. h. lita Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 – Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Mozambique, eastern Zimbabwe

References

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  1. ^ a b Eurytela, funet.fi
  2. ^ a b Woodhall, Steve (2005). Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa: Struik. ISBN 978-1-86872-724-7.