| Species name |
Eurytela hiarbas (Drury, 1782)
ハガタオビタテハ
Pied piper |
| Taxonomy |
Papilio
hiarbas
Drury, 1782. Illustrations of Natural
History 3: index et 17 (76 pp.). London.
Type locality: Sierra Leone:
“Sierra Leon”.
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| Subspecies |
Eurytela hiarbas hiarbas (Drury, 1782)
Eurytela hiarbas abyssinica Rothschild & Jordan, 1903: Ethiopia
Eurytela hiarbas angustata Aurivillius, 1894: South Africa (Limpopo Province, Mpumalanga, North West Province, Gauteng,
KwaZulu-Natal, Eastern Cape Province, Western Cape Province), Swaziland
(Duke, et al., 1999).
Eurytela hiarbas lita Rothschild & Jordan, 1903: Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia,
Mozambique, Zimbabwe
(eastern border).
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Geographical Range
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Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Angola,
Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi,
Zambia, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Swaziland (Duke, et al., 1999). |
| Distribution Map |
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Biology
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Host plant: Dalechampia capensis Spreng. f. (Euphorbiaceae) [Harford and Gooch, in
Trimen & Bowker, 1887, Vol. 1: 260; Natal coast; ssp. angustata]. Tragia species (Euphorbiaceae) [Fawcett, 1903: 166; ssp. angustata]. Tragia glabrata (Mull. Arg.) Pax and K. Hoffm. var. glabrata (Euphorbiaceae) [Platt, 1921: 102; as
Tragia durbanensis Kuntze; ssp. angustata]. Tragia benthamii Bak. (syn. cordifolia Benth.) (Euphorbiaceae) [Van Someren,
1974: 321; ssp. lita]. Ricinus communis L. (Euphorbiaceae) (exotic) [Van Someren, 1974:
321; ssp. lita]. Tragia brevipes (Euphorbiaceae) [Kielland, 1990: 134; ssp. lita and hiarbas]. Tragiella natalensis (Euphorbiaceae) [Nichols teste Botha & Botha,
2006].
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| Nigeria |
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References
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Eurytela, funet.fi
Woodhall, Steve. Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa, Cape Town:Struik Publishers, 2005. |
