Eurytela hiarbas

Pied piper
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific 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]

Subspecies

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

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

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