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.
Related plant families:
Related plant genera:
Related plant species:
EuphorbiaceaeDalechampia capensis (Larval foodplant)
EuphorbiaceaeRicinus communis var. communis (Larval foodplant)
EuphorbiaceaeTragia benthamii (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 Botswana: Lepidoptera - Butterflies and Moths: Eurytela dryope angulata.
https://www.botswanaflora.com/speciesdata/insect-display.php?insect_species_id=403410, retrieved 4 December 2024

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