Eurytela dryope angulata - Golden piper

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Eurytela dryope

Photo(s): Bart Wursten, Pungwe River near Nhascuvo Ranger Camp, Gorongosa National Park.

Species details:

Note:
Distribution: Angola, DRC, Uganda, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Eswatini and Limpopo, Mpumalanga, North West, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Eastern Cape South Africa.
Larval food (by plant family):
Larval food (by plant genus):
Larval food (by plant species):
EuphorbiaceaeRicinus communis var. communis (Larval foodplant)
SapindaceaePaullinia pinnata (Larval foodplant)
Literature: Henning, G.A., Pringle, E.L.L. & Ball, J.B. (1994), Pennington's Butterflies of Southern Africa, Struik Winchester, Cape Town, p. 115.
Woodhall, S. (2005), Field guide to Butterflies of South Africa, Struik Publishers, Cape Town, p. 128.
Williams, M,C. (2008), Butterflies and Skippers of the Afrotropical Region, Nymphalidae subfamily Biblidinae, Tribe Biblidini, p. 20, Online Encyclopaedia.

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2014-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Caprivi: Lepidoptera - Butterflies and Moths: Eurytela dryope angulata.
https://www.capriviflora.com/speciesdata/insect-display.php?insect_species_id=403410, retrieved 7 October 2024

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