Eurytela hiarbas

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

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

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

Subspecies

Listed alphabetically:

• E. h. abyssinica <small>Rothschild & Jordan, 1903</small> – Ethiopia
• 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. lita <small>Rothschild & Jordan, 1903</small> – Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Mozambique, eastern Zimbabwe

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