Eurytela hiarbas
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Eurytela hiarbas (Drury, 1770)
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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, Dalechampia 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, 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 Congo, Uganda, western Tanzania
- E. h. lita Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 – Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Mozambique, eastern Zimbabwe
References
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