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Eurytela hiarbas

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Pied Piper
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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

The Pied Piper (Eurytela hiarbas) is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family, found in Subsaharan Africa.[1]

Wingspan: 45–50 mm in males and 48–55 mm in females. Has continuous broods peaking between November and March.[2]

Larva feed on Tragia glabrata, Dalechamoia capensis, and Ricinus communis.[2]

Subspecies

Listed alphabetically.[1]

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

References

  1. ^ a b Eurytela, funet.fi
  2. ^ a b Woodhall, Steve. Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa, Cape Town:Struik Publishers, 2005.