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:
EuphorbiaceaeRicinus communis var. communis (Larval foodplant)
EuphorbiaceaeTragia benthamii (Larval foodplant)
EuphorbiaceaeTragia brevipes (Larval foodplant)
EuphorbiaceaeTragia glabrata var. hispida (Larval foodplant)
EuphorbiaceaeTragia glabrata var. glabrata (Larval foodplant)
EuphorbiaceaeTragiella natalensis (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 2007-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Mozambique: Lepidoptera - Butterflies and Moths: Eurytela dryope angulata.
https://www.mozambiqueflora.com/speciesdata/insect-display.php?insect_species_id=403410, retrieved 10 October 2024

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