''Eurytela'' is a genus of
nymphalid
The Nymphalidae are the largest family of butterflies, with more than 6,000 species distributed throughout most of the world. Belonging to the superfamily Papilionoidea, they are usually medium-sized to large butterflies. Most species have a red ...
butterfly
Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the Order (biology), order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The ...
, commonly called pipers, found in
Africa
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.
[''Eurytela'']
at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''
Species
Listed alphabetically:
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*'' Eurytela alinda'' Mabille, 1893
*'']Eurytela dryope
''Eurytela dryope'', the golden piper, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae, found in Sub-Saharan Africa, the Arabian peninsula and Madagascar.
Description
Wingspan: 40–50 mm in males and 45–55 mm in females. The male and f ...
'' (Cramer, 775
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– golden piper
*''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 N ...
'' (Drury, 1770) – pied piper
*'' Eurytela narinda'' Ward, 1872
References
Seitz, A. ''Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde'' 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 49
Biblidinae
Nymphalidae genera
Taxa named by Jean Baptiste Boisduval
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